It's common knowledge that Yellowstone Park sits on top of an ancient supervolcano, but what happened last time it erupted?

The biggest volcanic eruption in the last 2 million years occurred some 74,000 years ago when Mount Toba, a supervolcano in Indonesia, blew its top, spewing massive volumes of rocks and ash across the ...

Throughout history, supervolcanic eruptions have left their mark on the planet. The eruption of Mount Toba in Indonesia around 74,000 years ago is considered one of the largest known to mankind.

There is great controversy about whether the Mount Toba eruption seriously affected human populations. “About 73,000 years ago, the large island of Sumatra in Indonesia was the source of the ...