For decades, scientists have debated just how apocalyptic it was when Toba ... impact on human evolution. In the new study, published in the journal Nature, scientists discovered tiny bits of ...

Early humans may have flourished after the largest volcanic eruption in history, according to new research. Mount Toba erupted in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago. The event was long thought to ...

“This on-the-ground evidence contradicts the popular model that the ‘volcanic winter’ caused by the Toba eruption almost drove humans and our closely related ancestors to extinction ...

Ancient tools discovered in northern India provide new evidence that humans were able to survive one of the largest volcanic events in human history — the Toba supervolcano eruption. The Toba ...