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Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba eruption about 74,000 years ago

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  • Eugene I. Smith

    (University of Nevada Las Vegas)

  • Zenobia Jacobs

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage & Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong)

  • Racheal Johnsen

    (University of Nevada Las Vegas)

  • Minghua Ren

    (University of Nevada Las Vegas)

  • Erich C. Fisher

    (Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University
    African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University)

  • Simen Oestmo

    (African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University)

  • Jayne Wilkins

    (Human Evolution Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Private Bag)

  • Jacob A. Harris

    (Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University)

  • Panagiotis Karkanas

    (Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, American School of Classical Studies)

  • Shelby Fitch

    (University of Nevada Las Vegas)

  • Amber Ciravolo

    (University of Nevada Las Vegas)

  • Deborah Keenan

    (Geoscience Consultants LLC)

  • Naomi Cleghorn

    (African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
    University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Christine S. Lane

    (University of Cambridge, Downing Place)

  • Thalassa Matthews

    (Iziko Museums of South Africa, Queen Victoria Street)

  • Curtis W. Marean

    (Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University
    African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University)

Abstract

Youngest Toba Tuff glass shards found together with evidence of human occupation at two archaeological sites from the southern coast of South Africa indicate that early modern humans thrived in this region despite the eruption of the Toba supervolcano about 74,000 years ago.

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  • Eugene I. Smith & Zenobia Jacobs & Racheal Johnsen & Minghua Ren & Erich C. Fisher & Simen Oestmo & Jayne Wilkins & Jacob A. Harris & Panagiotis Karkanas & Shelby Fitch & Amber Ciravolo & Deborah Keen, 2018. "Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba eruption about 74,000 years ago," Nature, Nature, vol. 555(7697), pages 511-515, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:555:y:2018:i:7697:d:10.1038_nature25967
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25967
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