The most horrifying genocide of humankind

Only a few escaped genocide after a decade-long volcanic disaster and restored the race, becoming a modern person today.

Scientists from Arizona State University in Temple, Arizona - have found solid evidence to rewrite one of the most terrible historical periods in mankind: the Toba volcanic disaster .

This mountain is located on Sumatra island, Indonesia today, 74,000 years ago. The Toba volcanic eruption caused most of humanity and many other creatures to perish even though the time of human refuge was in South Africa.

The remnant of the great disaster is Lake Toba - which once located a volcano.This lake is 100km long, 30km wide and more than 500m deep - (photo: GOOGLE EARTH).

The Toba disaster is the largest volcanic eruption on Earth in the past 2.5 million years. The bomb "Toba" exploded, firing 3,000km of rock and ash. This stone and ash spread all over the world, preventing sunlight from reaching the earth for a decade, creating a deadly winter that lasted all that time.

Scientists are studying places where the remaining clusters hide and try to survive for a decade without sunlight - (PHOTO BY THE RESEARCH GROUP PROVIDES)

For comparison, we can review the volcanic eruption of Tambora in Indonesia in 1815, which is 100 times smaller than the Toba case, which is enough to cause many parts of the world to experience a year without summer due to the bright light. The sky is blocked in the same way.

Most people in that period died with many other creatures on Earth. However, several hundred small groups of about 20-30 people each found shelter along the coast of South Africa and tried to survive thanks to the rest.

A piece of volcanic glass flew from Indonesia to South Africa, picked up by a prehistoric man as a labor tool - (PHOTO BY THE RESEARCH GROUP PROVIDED).

An area contains many volcanic glass collected by humans - (PHOTO BY THE RESEARCH GROUP PROVIDES).

Caves along the coast of South Africa, where survivors reside through disaster - (PHOTO BY THE RESEARCH GROUP SUPPLY).

Scientists say that during that period, areas inside the continent were heavily affected by volcanoes, and coastal areas were still able to survive, according to existing geological evidence. now to this day. These survivors were modern humans in the early days, living by hunting and concentrating.

Where volcanic eruptions (yellow dots on the right) and where the survivors have found refuge and restore the species - (PHOTO BY THE RESEARCH GROUP PROVIDES).

"Caves are where people sleep, cook and tell stories around the fire" - team member Curtis Marean, told Mail Online about their findings when studying the sites about survivors groups.