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"Where did you hear that it killed all but 5,000 humans worldwide? The eruption was a very long distance from Africa."

Numerous places but, most recently on one of the documentary channels that has a program titled, Super Volacanos. It was a nuclear/cosmic winter effect that killed most.

[Dog Gone]

That makes some sense. I assume there is some evidence to suggest a sudden climate change accompanying the blast.

It certainly did eject an incredible amount of ash into the atmosphere.