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Massive Supereruptions Might Not Trigger the Apocalypse, Just Decades of Chaos

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A volcanic supereruption could have wiped out a significant portion of life.

But a new survey of geological records suggests the aftermath wouldnât be quite as apocalyptic.

The Los Chocoyos eruption predates human writing, or even speech, but modern humans were roaming around at that time.

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