Historical event

Lake Toba Eruption

Date: about 74,000 Years Ago

A supervolcanic eruption at Lake Toba, Sumatra, one of the largest known explosive eruptions, potentially causing a global volcanic winter and impacting human populations.

Tags: lake toba eruption, supervolcano, volcanic winter, toba catastrophe theory, human evolution, pleistocene, geology

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