New pollen and soil evidence suggests the eruption of Toba in Indonesia 73,000 years ago was so severe, the global environment was thrown into chaos. iStockPhotoFrom Discovery News:
A massive volcanic explosion in Indonesia rocked the planet 73,000 years ago, cooling temperatures and devastating populations of our ancestors.
It takes a heck of a disaster to wipe the trees off of India. But 73,000 years ago, the titanic eruption of Toba in Indonesia did exactly that, according to a new study, brushing the region clean almost overnight as it kicked the planet into a cold snap that would persist for almost 2,000 years.
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