The big eruption affected the entire planet 74,000 years ago – archaeologists use volcanic glass to find out how people survive

The big eruption affected the entire planet 74,000 years ago – archaeologists use volcanic glass to find out how people survive

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived Toba superruption, one of the biggest catastrophic events that the Earth has seen over the last 2.5 million years. Although the volcano is in present -day Indonesia, living organisms around the world have been influenced. As an archaeologist specialized in the study of past … Read more

Hundreds of artefacts reveal where the Aztecs got their obsidian

Hundreds of artefacts reveal where the Aztecs got their obsidian

Sign up at CNN’s Wonder Theory Science Ballout. Browse the universe with news about charming discoveries, scientific achievements and more; Hundreds of Obsidian artefacts revealed where the Aztecs purchased the volcanic glass, which they used for tools, ornamental works or religious objects centuries ago – and their huge retail chains were their competitors. A new … Read more