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ubbl? P ix, i keny year aer i au e ue Sae eee eauar ima e aea ami ar si Ye i is ncredi e a e seaory as sued s on, ent nardath xpins it as ad aon t ay ays David Sha

K E h spa tlsop h hapond,astonor yan pt ad so

plous onts n h s a Most notablyon a July day n 4, h happnd to n thpr tat uldn hn a B- Mthllbobr los s ay n fo and rashd no hskysrap oors abov h. n dbsfalln past th ndo hs urosy ot thbtrofh as Robrt Zan rounsn hs Hubbl hstoy The nee a Mr.ptz ed to pok hs had out th ndoto see hat as on on, but others ukyonvned h t as oo daneous

pzr as not the frst astono odra of sndn a sop aov thdsotn ts o th atosph but t ashs tlss advoay n part tha ld NAA tolaunh th Hubbl pa lsop n 0.

ntally ublant, a stonoers ersoon hofed to dsovr that ubbles4 an ro had en round othe on shape. Ahouh t as only ofby . otes, hs badly urd thetlsops vson and ad th sntstsho had prosd th old n as andsn n han for $. bl lon o puony h ut of joks. h faso, nvay

dubbd "Hubbl roubl by th pss asn'thlpd hn vn th td sn thppled u ould do as hatndas ts yrosops, nded to onol theoentaton othe tlesope, staed o aone by one

By , as NAA pepad o aunh arsu sson th suaon lookd blakTh tlsop pobably ouldn hav onon o or than a yar or to thouepars says John runsed an astonaut

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ho on h ost rnt Hu svnsson Happly th su sson as a

suss hutt asronauts nsalld nnsrunts tha ortd fo h aedror and rplad th yosops

To yars ar, ubbl av us th dpstvr v of th unvrs prn bak to anra ust bll on yas aftr th b ban to sth pordal buldn bloks hat aratdto for alas lk ou on

Th suss o h svn ssonenouad NAA to oun th or n and 00 Fa o y kepnth osratoy alv asronaus nstalldupdatd nsunts on ths ssonsthat daatally povd Hubbls por

''The Hle elese seal nl nw reahng sll srde, aer ears"

It as "as f you ook n you Ch Nova[fo pas] and thy av you bak a arj, says tvn Bkh, ho fo 8to 00 hadd th pa lsop nInstu ( n Baltor, Marland,

h Hubbl's obsratons ar panndAlon h ay n Hubblsasuns o su prnovas n d stantaas unptdy rvad that thunverse s pandn at an vernasnpae, popelled y a ysteous enty noknon as dak enery. n 00 the spaobsratoy also anad to ak th fsasunt ofa ha n th aosphrofa plant nan aln soa sys

Despe ts susss ubble's lfe ookdlk t ould ut shot hn n 004 NAA'sthen adnstaor an OKee announed

th any oud snd no o snssons to u n unaeptablersks to astonauts n th ak of th Colubashutl dsasr of00 n hh h rafplodd on r-nr, kln ts .

By ths t th of Hubbls yosops alrady okn o aln and no on

as sur ho on th oth hr oudlast Ctzn pettons and an ouy aonastonos put pssur on NAA and ara hh-lvl panl o prs dlard thatanothr sson o u ould no ptonay rsky th any rvrsdous ladn o th ost rnt srnsson n May 00 .

No or a plannd Th and oth shutl e ha astronauts usd o ahHubbl s shdud to rte y th yas ndAnd n 04, NAA pans to aunh ubble 'ssusso, an nad obsrato alld hJas Wbb pa Tlsop hh ll proaas vn furhr aay and ak orasunts o opant atosphrs.

Aordn o runsld, no s dpuydrto plans a afoot fo a obot ssonto ab ubb hn t rahes th nd o tsusul f nudn t no arh's aospherehee ost of t ould e nneated. Onyth or s study nouh to surv hefall nto an pty pah of oan

But l's not ahad of oursvs us far fo fnshd. Th nstrunts nsad

n May 00, nudn th Wd d ara hh took ths a of th Bury nbula,00 lht yas aay hav oostd s posy aan. t ht hav as uh as a dad oflf vn hout o srn " It allys only rahn s u srd no a0 years, says unsfeld .

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A a eu he Tba u eva

ke ealy hu a. N wa e f he fa ee f he aheay Kate Ravil ous

H r ign that eing ad gneterribly wng wa a deep ruinga Hur ae he h king ah ared,

falling e nw in a relente r tat

ragd f r tw wk Di in mrethan 2 ki lete fr te erin,hmnn liing a a away a eaten ndiaw d hae e a ' fr.

ba i a u perlcan n te ndne ianiland f Sumata t ha blwn it t anytie hi erptin, 7, year a waeeptnal Reeaing 25 ub eref magma naly w h lm ntEret te in wa r han 5ti a lar a th 198 rin f munS Heln in th S, making lartutn n Earh n la m ln yearee " Blwn away, pa ).

Te diater i aticularly ignicanne cred at a crial perid in huanprhty whn Nandhal and thrhmnn raed h f Aia and Eure,and arnd he im ur dirct anctr,Hoo spes wer firt lan Arca tultiay cnqu r th wld. t wh nrecen erptin fr eay ain tefll etent f it a and ipat n ealy

huan a bn hrdd in mytr.w damatic ind fm archaeal

dig in ndia, reened in er ay at a

nference at he U nerity f Oxrd, aefinally larin th ir f h ptnand ff and w it ad hmanin and i ratin F ur r fmth di may n rwit th in andr tat dn huan k Afra.

Te nw wr prray a mewadifeen ew fh e erptin fm the mppular curent they. eiu m pemdel f te erin ad ggeted theeent wa trly caalymic e neary admday f eary hank ind. Withalclatin aed n te ain that

a bld ut ti e r arlthan the 199 epti n f mn naub inthe Pilip pine and caing te enirnmentaleffec a crdngy, the mdel ggetedglba teeature drpped by abt °fllwing he at. T i p pr the idea f adeade-lng lani winter and wideeadatatre (on oJGeopy Ree ophee 1 D7)

T mak atr wr t ar wdha bld ut lifgiin nlight andard war ar in h at cai ng a d y lbal la f h nxfew yea hi wuld hae rulted i n a raddelne in tree er and a cncmit antexpann f graand, eading t thetinti n f many mama and naywping r antr t (PeoeopyPeocmoo eoeoo l 84p 95). T fw rii han that didi te ri n wd ha ad t a cfa qkly adating t eir way fif uitthe nw nditin , raeing ur ind

fd and ratng wit nhrinpplat n in th atl r ia

ndeed te een ay hae dratally

alrd h ah lutn r r wni, Hoo pe Mdrn huan,w wr t tught t b lin in Afia,wld a n wittd dwn t a wthand brdin air atrd ndi ped refa cratin a caedenetc btteneck in elin. A theeparate cnie deeled in dependenty fne anher, hey wuld hae wn te eedfr te geneic dference eween race nethee eaae grp eenally lef Afra.

Yet t thery ha drawn e ri ne it wa f t frward year ag, wh

hlar h a Han ra an amphriientt a he Un erity f Cambrde,beieng ta e c limate hane fllwingthe expln ha een wdy ereim ated.

Graf, the uxf he arment nernthe prec ie ng effect f he ul rdi ide releaed y te epln. urngae erptn, ike that f mni nat, mt f h aed ulphdi id rat wh ydrid OH) i n fmwat l n t at hre t frmpart le f phate a hy reltetan hat nce unt ak ntae efe t can war te Eart.

Pe etiate had aced Tba uphdi ide prdctn at 1 ime ta ntPinat put ai nk ti f imuidd rn hmal analye Tba'fild a a e it ld ruhyhalft hat. W thin ba wa m f a iantin ah p dtin n ulhr, ay Graf.

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se typal eupton Whees os othe uphur dioxide fro ount Piatuooud he ee rapdly oeed o ulphate

partles there s ply ou o hae eenenough OH on s the osphere alableto ret th all he sulphur doxide eleaseby Toba, elayig the foron of heserefleie paries. en hose pari es hhad ored ould he probably lupetogether and etle to the groud herthan sy n the osphere.

Takng of th nto aou Graf nd hioeagues sugget e etiate of goboog of jut 25 °C hh ted for jut feyear. Aordg to ths odel the effes eeo hghly regonl. paes lke the

erge e peratures ay only hae e byout ° not suh a aati lie shif

Ths ne e s hghly onteousAlan Robo fo Rutger U erity i n NeBrunsk Ne Jerey, ho e up th the

orga sulatos, stas y hs orgalpredto s Our odel hoed hat eraate ould be oted to he stospheebeause of rg at the op o fhetropophee [he loet laye n heosphere] o te ould not be a li ingfaor he ays We sulate a deade o oof ey old ry dar ondto h h ouldhae bee dfiult for huns to adpt o.

et reet heologi a geoogialok i ee to upport Graf' suggetg the eronel pt ofth e

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speeptin s mch ess tn evsligned F istl d tee been sddendeesttn event sed t e ng nd

ding te tsee tsil n ngenched b ees ld e epeted t shdn int ves hee it d qilcmlte "We dn ind d in sil iving n tp he sh es ssPete Ditcield he Univesit Od.

d te evdence Ditcieldnlsed te ti dieen cnistpes ch e ech sbed deentes deent plnt s in nen neins in te Jm egin stenndi nd the Middle n ive vlle n entnten ndi bt hi e nd

00 0 metes b He s nl slight incese in he cbn-13 istpe ete b eptin ic sggests hees js sm nese in gsslndenvinments t tis te Wdndseen't bl iteted b . We see dvesenge hbitts essting e te einhih d hve vided d ivese nge gme nd nting ppni es he ss

Neveteess hni n secie s living t tetme te ein ld ndbtedl hveced gh cn dins he ne s eme d ve een qic shedin he este spplie s Dicield nddepsits t 3 mees deep n te vlles hee ives ld nce hve ed.And hee s n dbt tht i n the esimed itel ng te ein the ehmns ld ve hd djst t cdetepetes bbl ving t enmisesignicntl s d esces dndled

ht t th "We e nt sing tt i t sn't diclt

mns e ss Mie Petglt the nvesit Od s ed teinvesigins We e js sing ht edn in i s tsi cnge

he emins hnin spees vng t thetme te ein ld shed se light nlie ding is d iiclt peid t sd l nseletns ve been eseed in the sediments"he is pic l envnment is n gd peseng ne eplins egli

Neveteess the t ls t te let ehindvide nd in te nes lives.Petg nd i s tem hve invesiged

nmbe sites t Jl One s beenpicll Lelled Jp 22,it s pbl ne-gtee c . It h sielded me thn 100 ls inding stnees ses pints the eved tls

Te pe-er p n tha urred ear g i To baIdoei dwar n oai er p n in the a mon eas

000 00

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cting nd sping nd he stne cese ve lling tl mn cte ese s js teed ih stne ts nden ied te b s ss MchelHs ls t he Unvesit Od.

Sisngl hnin ie eed tcntne i n te se vein imedtel ee eptin h hndeds me sne tsn te les im edie bve te s lle tem ncveed si il st 1000lees te nt Jm ine Mddle S n ive ve. "We se e ve littechnge n t technlg ss he b sh.e ve d t ecte sh

eid time itin genetin s he ee c hee t e ee beeng te se inds stne tls ssis sn stnet secilist e Unives Qeensnd in BisneAsli h ed t the digs in In di .

Agin tht's n t s te ein sn es ide te hmnins living in ndi.lp nd te Midd le n vlle ve een s ecil cses egi in chmin in pins seeed en teimes gt tgh Jm em pe sn ncien pe Indin gelgic mtin

nn s n sin hich cninsgl eile s il nd bnd n estespngs ptected m cntinti n b hese sh. ch c stnces d hveeed se te ees te e ptn

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"hee e spn gs p ppng t eveeen tese sins te cntin plentil s ming stne tls nd te vegettin isgenell esient envnen chngesens Rv Kiset KntcUnivesit in Dwd ndi. St teindings esent chlle nge t te tditinlve b s devsttng cstphe min ns ve he ime.

Stnle Amse te Univesit inist Ubn-h gn is ledng pnent te cstphe he. He ss he sseved stng evidence englchnge n st n d est Aic ling te

eptin i hve eslted need t d essed nditins ndens ndi shld be n dieent. He ssh ld esn hve elesed se he ts he lde sediment t hendi n sites edesitng tem n ngesedim ents nd cetng te illsin cntnit. t s ss Hsl We hed its te tets d sh sme signs bsin he ens te sited nl sdstnce g te les sedment nteng t se he d ting s ignint.

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revious evidence wo t about allowan eare mirato osil evidence om tsperiod of uma peisory is prety in inte rou so seits ave tne oeeics o etrace o acesors footeps.By aalysin e ferences i n mitocoi alA betwee moen aoiinal populatio nsfrom i ere pa ts of te world, a

oiderin ow lon it wo ave taen fortese variatos to emere Main ic ardsa e University ofLeeds K, tepeOppee imer at e Unversity of Oord acoeaues ave caate d tat te earliesdate o r a ma ion out of Afica wold avebee ,000 year ao. a some 00 0yea after oba lew e n or ofHn nvol 84 p 40 May oteso eve rte elievin te liely date of eto ave bee st 60000 yeas ao owever,te lare erainti es associae wit tesetecniques ive a ma proaity at a preoba maion may ave ee posile.

nn nnIn fa tee are oter reasons to aeete estalised eory ofa late spersal. omeAsta a arefats ses modern umasmade o ta pat of e wor 6000 0 to0,0 00 years ao, ousa of yea ealierta crre eory wo allow (Nvol 34 p 3 A a t Kota ampan, teLeo valley i Malaysa, a rcaeolosts

ave ucovered a sone-tool ure spainfrom 4,000 years o 4000 yeas ao inete tools do ane at all ri tsperiod it wol seem ey were a proedby e same speces o man A 1,000 yeaold Hoo seeon ound at Kotaampan suess tat ts spe cies was emoder man

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fom onl one ide o e ore e expai .ompaing e paerng e ee on e

dia ore i ore an 00 one orebelongig o bo mode man ad oeoini a ie all ove e old, Cla kofnd a e Inda ore mo reeble eore ade b ode ua in oAfra ouea Aa and Aurala.Meanile e older Idia ore i aaer ad ore a a pe ad ofeorked on o ide ave moe ommo i ore made eadeal ad oeo-mode an ool-aing a and i ake a loe apprenei p o earee eod a a ral beavora a aug and pa ed don egenerao e a

urer evdee or mode manog no-ode oinin d ia a me ome fom e ool e elve eav ad-axe e g abandoned for moeligeig oo. eraglia and i olleage

ave alo overed ee po ible proeilepo fom beea e a a Jaapram 22o of are aped arell a e blunend, appaenl o eae em o be aedoo a peara ool geea aoiaed iHmen

Aroe i dm ve of e uggeion oode uma arvg o earl in ndia. i ompee oeivable a eadealould ave made ee afed proe ileeapon, e a Bu oe are moreupporive of e idea i ringer fro eaural i or Muem n odon ink i

i poible a ee ool are evidee omode uma aivi alog e doefeel e evidene o luive. Robin Denel lan araeoog a e Univeri of efieldUK, i oougl impeed b e eear.

"laron' ok exellen. preparedo arge a Hom sns a in ndia peoba, e a.

f mode man ea did live i nda ai e a oe did e ae fo Afao Aia ere i ome good evdene aode ua fir aemped o leaveAfra aro eaero deer ego inoe Leva 5000ear ago. Araeologiad previol amed e venreimael failed de o e advereondiio n and a i a o m laeren uma red oaal roue a eueeded eraga oever a eide range o ne evidene i I da aege

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B ee e kille ei on if modeman dd mgae o Aia o eal preior, i eir journe reeed ode mioodrial DA aa Jonea e Uive o ami dge ink e aa oion a ma reae obaporae in u ma evoion.

e ugge a do e dipe al from Afriai e f igran arvg i Inda preoba aound 0000 ear ago and brigge e ool e oog l aron obered.aer more a 0000 ear afe e Tobaer pio of 4000 ea ago a eod ave ofigran arved a oded e dea knelor e ea pioeer. "i expa e preToba ool e fnd dia bu i alo f ie genei daa a one. "I e olderpopulaio n ee i ped o e n no geeignae ould remai

i eo r ee e ea e role ofoba' erupion in man evolion ma aveeen igl igia afe al eakeinge r ave of mgan and pu ing emo io u efugia Te laer, ope iiveigran od ave e elboed eirda ouin of er onul adiniing em off in e proe.

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