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17 Αυγ 2023 · At Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits, scientists found they could watch large mammals disappear from the fossil record—and could trace the ecosystem through the catastrophe. A composite...
28 Σεπ 2019 · In 1923, Los Angeles produced nearly a quarter of the world’s oil by tapping into these immense reservoirs. Today, this dark, syrupy substance paves parking lots and roads, but 50,000 years ago, it created a vice-like death trap in the heart of what is now Los Angeles.
27 Σεπ 2023 · Big mammoth at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum in Los Angeles, California Columbian Mammoths were the giants of Pleistocene North America. They are the largest species found in the tar pits (together with the mastodon).
17 Αυγ 2023 · La Brea Tar Pits fossils showed that all megafauna species dated other than the coyotes were extinct by 12,900 years ago, before a sudden cold snap known as the Younger Dryas, which has often been invoked as a potential cause of the extinctions.
Many groups are still alive today, such as coyotes, mountain lions, woodrats, bats, shrews, rabbits, black bears, and raccoons. Others went extinct during the Late Pleistocene, including giant ground sloths, saber-toothed cats, mastodons, mammoths, tapirs, camels, and horses.
1 Σεπ 2022 · The Dinopithecus is an extinct genus, the name of which means “terrible ape”. They were a large primate closely related to the baboon. They lived in South Africa and Ethiopia from the Pliocene to the Pleistocene Epochs.
An ancient resident of California, the saber-toothed cat is easily recognizable by its long canine teeth, which averaged eight inches in length! These cats roamed California during the Late Pleistocene, eventually going extinct approximately 10,000 years ago.
