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La Brea Tar Pits |
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La Brea Tar PitsFossil field in Hancock Park (formerly Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. It is the site of “pitch springs” oozing crude oil, formerly used by local Indians for waterproofing, and was explored by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition in 1769. The tar pits contain the fossilized bones of Pleistocene mammals that became entrapped there; they include mammoths, mastodons, and sabre-toothed cats. The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits contains more than one million prehistoric specimens exhumed from the pits. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Held in Los Angeles's Museum Row/ Miracle Mile district and named for the gooey holes in the neighborhood, the event climaxes with synchronized swimming in the La Brea Tar Pits. Spanning venues across the Miracle Mile -- including the La Brea Tar Pits -- TarFest offers a series of film, art, mixed media and music-related events, all by emerging area artists and all of it free. Analyses of the bone collagen extracted from the teratorns and western black vultures preserved in the La Brea tar pits between 35,000 and 10,000 years ago suggest that those birds consumed only the remains of browsers such as ground sloths and grazers such as bison. |
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