Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption

03/14/2018 03:39 PM EDT

Pinnacle Point 5-6 cave interior using a total station to pinpoint items discovered during excavation

New research describes finding glass shards from a volcanic eruption at two archaeological sites in coastal South Africa, tracing those shards to Mount Toba in Indonesia through chemical fingerprinting and documenting a continuous human occupation across the volcanic event.


Full story at https://asunow.asu.edu/20180312-discoveries-asu-south-africa-research-site-climate-models

Source
Arizona State University


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