When we heard that there was a massive lake inside of a volcano caldera, we were more than a little intrigued. When we found out that there was an island on that lake, inside of the caldera, and that ...

The theory that humanity was nearly wiped out by a single catastrophic volcanic eruption appears to be wrong. We'll have to search elsewhere for an explanation for our unusual genetic bottleneck.

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Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The idea that a single volcanic eruption might have shaped ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is ...

Imagine trekking through savannah fields and sandy terrain to the peak of the second-highest volcano in Indonesia, Mount Rinjani in Lombok. Or picture waking up to the serene beauty of Lake Toba, ...

Jayde N. Hirniak has received funding from the Hyde Family Foundation, Institute of Human Origins, Geological Society of America, Society for Archaeological Sciences, and the Cave Research Foundation ...