Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from the Indian Subcontinent Before and After the Toba Super-Eruption

D. Petraglia, Michael; Korisettar, Ravi; Boivin, Nicole; Clarkson, Chris; Ditchfıeld, Peter; Jones, Sacha; Koshy, Jinu; Mìrazón Lahr, Marta; Oppenheimer, Clive; M. Pyle, David; G. Roberts, Richard; Schwenninger, Jean‐Luc; J. Arnold, Lee; White, Kevin

doi:10.1126/science.1141564

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Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from the Indian Subcontinent Before and After the Toba Super-Eruption

Published in Science • Jul 6, 2007

Authors:

Michael D. Petraglia

Ravi Korisettar

Nicole Boivin

Abstract

The Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT) eruption, which occurred in Indonesia 74,000 years ago, is one of Earth's largest known volcanic events. The effect of the YTT eruption on existing populations of humans, and accordingly on the course of human evolution, is debated. Here we associate the YTT with archaeo...

Subject

Volcano

Middle Paleolithic

Indian subcontinent

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