History & cultureMichael Button | Patterns of HistoryScientists Found Evidence of the Biggest Disaster in Human History
Scientists Found Evidence of the Biggest Disaster in Human History
Long-form16:00People & BlogsPublished Sep 3, 2026, 6:45 PM · 7w ago
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74,000 years ago, humanity may have come terrifyingly close to disappearing. Scientists thought the Toba supervolcano was responsible, but new archaeological evidence has shattered that explanation.
So what really happened to us?
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngest_Toba_eruption#
https://geographical.co.uk/science-environment/explainer-the-toba-supervolcano-and-the-biggest-eruption-in-human-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruptions_of_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull
https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-st.-helens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
https://youtu.be/Nj1ds5JsyGE?t=903
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq7487
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43377960
https://www.johnhawks.net/p/the-so-called-toba-bottleneck-didnt-happen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22355515
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historycivilizationgeopoliticsancientmodernpatterns of historyculturehistorical patternshistoricalmichael button
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- Sep 3, 2026, 6:45 PM
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