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Toba Catastrophe Theory

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PL3_HOMINIDS_ICE AGE AND TOBA ERUPTION

The Toba supereruption was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred about 75,000 years ago at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of the Earth's largest known eruptions. The Toba catastrophe theory holds that this event caused a global volcanic winter of six to ten years and possibly a 1,000-year-long cooling episode.
  • Location facts 

  • Volcanic winter and global cooling computer models 

  • Genetic bottleneck theory 

  • Migration after Toba 

  • Criticism