Stone Age people in SA survived supervolcano eruption: Study
A supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago in Indonesia likely decimated Stone Age populations around the world, but South African hunter-gatherers at these sites continued to thrive, as per a study in Nature. The spreading volcanic ash dimmed sunlight and killed many plants in what was the strongest eruption since humans first appeared in Africa 3 lakh years ago, said researchers.