Toba Catastrophe Theory: what is it?

The Toba Catastrophe Theory suggests that a supervolcano eruption 75,000 years ago caused a population bottleneck in humans, leading to low genetic diversity. Geological and genetic evidence supports the theory, but it is still debated in the scientific community. The Toba Catastrophe Theory is the idea that a population bottleneck in mankind’s past, inferred from […]

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