University of Texas-Austin: Surviving a Volcanic Supereruption May Have Facilitated Human Dispersal Out of Africa
March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas, March 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:
Researchers working in the Horn of Africa have uncovered evidence showing how Middle Stone Age humans survived in the wake of the eruption of Toba, one of the largest supervolcanoes in history, some 74,000 years ago. The behavioral flexibility of these Middle Stone Age people not only helped them live through the supereruption but may have facilitated the later dispersal of modern humans o . . .
Researchers working in the Horn of Africa have uncovered evidence showing how Middle Stone Age humans survived in the wake of the eruption of Toba, one of the largest supervolcanoes in history, some 74,000 years ago. The behavioral flexibility of these Middle Stone Age people not only helped them live through the supereruption but may have facilitated the later dispersal of modern humans o . . .