Cape Verde Boulders Indicate Massive Tsunami 73,000 Years Ago

TaleSlinger writes: Researchers from University of Bristol, UK found that boulders strewn 200m above sea level on Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa, were ripped from cliffs below and washed up there by a tsunami between 170m and 270m (550-850ft). Researchers at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory dated the tsunami at 73,000 years ago. It's interesting that this is about the same time as the Mt. Toba Eruption and about the same time humans nearly became extinct.

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Re:Mass extinction not caused by Mount Toba

[chipschap]

I thought it was global warming, you know, prehistoric man discovered fire, lit too many of them, and off we go.