Youngest Toba eruption - Wikipedia The Toba eruption (also called the Toba supereruption and the Youngest Toba eruption) was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred around 74,000 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene, [2] at the site of present-day Lake Toba, in Sumatra, Indonesia
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Geo Explainer: Toba supervolcano, the biggest eruption in human history Deep within the Indonesian island of Sumatra lies a sleeping giant: the Toba supervolcano It is responsible for the largest known explosive eruption in human history, which took place 74,000 years ago Debates about the impact of this explosion continue today Meanwhile, volcanologists analyse markers and signs of future activity
Mount Toba | Eruption, Volcano, Activity, Map | Britannica Mount Toba, ancient volcano located in the Barisan Mountains, north-central Sumatra, Indonesia A massive eruption sometime between 71,000 and 74,000 years ago expelled an estimated 2,800 cubic km (about 670 cubic miles) of ash and lava
How Indonesia’s Toba Volcano Changed Human Evolution Because the hidden history encoded in our DNA pointed to the near-extinction event for Homo sapiens occurring 50,000–100,000 years ago, Toba was the most obvious suspect
Toba catastrophe - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Toba catastrophe was the largest volcanic eruption in the last 2 6 million years It is called a catastrophe because its effects may have damaged the human species Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, is the site of a supervolcanic eruption that occurred 73,000 (±4000 years) years ago [1][2][3][4] It was a climate -changing event
The Most Extreme Volcanic Eruption in Ancient History Roughly 74,000 years ago, the Toba supervolcano erupted on the island of Sumatra in modern-day Indonesia, releasing an enormous amount of ash into the atmosphere
These Ancient Humans Thrived During the Toba Supervolcano “Toba is the largest eruption on Earth in the last two million years,” says Gene Smith, a geologist at the University of Nevada Las Vegas However, some humans not only survived but
When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba . . . Some 73,000 years ago, the huge dome of Mount Toba, in today's Sumatra, Indonesia, began to rumble A deep vibration shook the entire island Jets of steam and ash emanated from the summit, followed by an explosion louder than any sound heard by Homo sapiens since our species evolved on Earth