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True, and super eruptions are a serious threat. The last big one was called the Toba eruption about 75,000 year ago. It may have dropped the human population to
by njarboe 6y ago
True, and super eruptions are a serious threat. The last big one was called the Toba eruption about 75,000 year ago. It may have dropped the human population to 3-10 thousand people based on a genetic bottleneck that appeared at around that time[1].
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory