Long before modern humans appeared in Africa about 300,000 years ago, our ancestors faced a crisis that almost ended the lineage entirely. A groundbreaking study has revealed that between 930,000 and ...

A Population Collapse Revealed Analysis of the genetic data revealed something startling—a severe and prolonged bottleneck that nearly brought humans to extinction.

The Toba supervolcano theory suggests that a huge eruption 70,000 years ago almost led to the extinction of humanity.