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THE TOBA SUPERVOLCANO and HUMAN EVOLUTIONOxford Conference February 2010, click here for information. 74,000 years ago, a large section of the Indonesian island of Sumatra exploded in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the past 2 million years. The global environmental impact of the ash and gas clouds from this ‘super-volcano’ known as Toba is considered by some scientists to be the most catastrophic event the human species has ever endured. But did we face extinction? What happened to the world’s climate? READ MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT.
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