Human populations survived the Toba volcanic super-eruption 74,000 years ago
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History`s Department of Archaeology, together with international partners, have presented evidence that Middle Palaeolithic tool users were present in India before and after the Toba super-eruption 74,000 years ago. The findings support arguments that Homo sapiens was present in South Asia prior to major waves of human expansion 60,000 years ago, and that populations endured climatic and environmental changes.