Italian super-eruption larger than thought
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 07:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Recent research suggested that the super-eruption of the Campi Flegrei caldera volcano in southern Italy about 40,000 years ago may have played a part in wiping out, or forcing the migration of, the Neanderthal and modern human populations in the eastern Mediterranean regions that were covered in ash.