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

Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption 03/14/2018 03:39 PM EDT 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 This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111