People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian subcontinent have long been proposed as a possible cause for the extinction of the dinosaurs. These eruptions occurred shortly before Earth was struck by a ...

The event, which took place in 1831, was one of the largest ... such as India and Japan. But despite the significant impact of the eruption, the identity of the volcano responsible had long ...