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  • Led walked the perimeter of the clearing, calling Toba's name into the trees.

    The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

  • South of the Toba were the nineteen tribes of the Hsiung-nu or Huns, as we are now calling them.

    A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

  • As a rule the Toba were the more successful, not at least through the aid of princes of the deposed "Southern Ch'i dynasty" and their followers.

    A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

  • Since the Toba were the natural enemies of the Hsien-pi, who were continually contesting their hold on their territory, the Toba were always on the opposite side to that supported by the Hsien-pi, so that they now supported generals who were ostensibly loyal to the government.

    A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

  • It took place seventy-five thousand years ago and was called the Toba catastrophe.

    Wired Top Stories Patrick Di Justo 2010

  • Attesting to the force of such an eruption, a different supervolcano called Toba blew up 74,000 years ago and caused a "volcanic winter" that "reduced the entire human population to a few thousand individuals."

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • Attesting to the force of such an eruption, a different supervolcano called Toba blew up 74,000 years ago and caused a "volcanic winter" that "reduced the entire human population to a few thousand individuals."

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • Local lightweight concrete is made with some lightweight aggregate referred to locally as "Toba" or something like that, it's not vermiculite.

    Cooling a Concrete Roof 2002

  • : Local lightweight concrete is made with some lightweight aggregate referred to locally as "Toba" or something like that, it's not vermiculite.

    Cooling a Concrete Roof 2002

  • On average, regions containing Alu insertions are older than other regions, and because they are old these regions have been shaped more by the forces that applied to ancient populations than to recent bottlenecks (such as Toba) and expansions.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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