[Rockhounds] Ancient Ethiopian campsite may show how humans survived Toba supereruption

[Paul]

Ancient campsite may show how humans survived volcanic supereruption.
Evidence from an archaeological site in Ethiopia suggests ancient humans
adapted their diet during a dry spell after the Toba volcano eruption 74,000
years ago By Michae Le Page, New Scientist, March 20, 2024
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2423281-ancient-campsite-may-show-how-humans-survived-volcanic-super-eruption/

Massive Eruption Set Human Migration in Motion
Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, March 22, 2024
https://www.archaeology.org/news/12232-240322-ethiopia-supervolcano-migration

Surviving a Volcanic Supereruption May Have Facilitated Human Dispersal 
Out of Africa
UT News, March 20, 2024
https://news.utexas.edu/2024/03/20/surviving-a-volcanic-supereruption-may-have-facilitated-human-dispersal-out-of-africa/

The paywalled paper is:

Kappelman, J., Todd, L.C., Davis, C.A., Cerling, T.E., Feseha, M., 
Getahun, A., Johnsen, R.,
Kay, M., Kocurek, G.A., Nachman, B.A. and Negash, A., 2024. Adaptive 
foraging behaviours
in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption. Nature, pp.1-8.

Yours,

Paul H.