Had Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT, ca. 75 ka) eruption really destroyed living media explicitly in entire Southeast Asia or just a theoretical debate? An extensive review of its catastrophic event

• Published in: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X Vol. 7; p. 100083
• Main Authors: Singh, Ajab, Srivastava, Ashok K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Catastrophe; Humans; Living population; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Youngest Toba Tuff; Youngest Toba Tuff; Catastrophe; Living population; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Humans

•Humans were evolved in Africa.•No climate change occurred post YTT.•YTT impact was negligible. YTT eruption is viewed as a catastrophic event that resulted in deforestation, human bottlenecks and their migration across Southeast Asia and Africa. However, the question of whether the eruption had exp...