Friday, July 06, 2007

Ancient Humans in Asia Survived Super-Eruption, Find Suggests


Ancient Humans in Asia Survived Super-Eruption, Find Suggests: "The eruption of Toba, in what is now Indonesia, was the largest volcanic event of the last two million years (see map of Asia).

Toba spewed as much as 720 cubic miles (3,000 cubic kilometers) of magma, rained sulfuric acid down as far away as Greenland, and sent the world into a volcanic winter followed by a severe ice age."

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