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The La Brea Tar Pits are among the most famous clusters of tar
pits in the world. They are located in Hancock Park in the Miracle
Mile district of Los Angeles, California. These pits contain a
large and impressive number of fossils from the last ice age,
including fossilized mammal, insects, plants, pollen grains. These
fossils date as far back as 38,00 years ago. Among the prehistoric
species found in the La Brea Tar Pits are mammoths, dire wolves,
short-faced bears, ground sloths and the infamous saber-toothed
cat.
The George C. Page Museum, part of the Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County, houses displays of these important natural
relics. Tourists can even watch he paleontologists at work as
they recover bones from some of the excavated pits.
Incidentally, La Brea is Spanish for "The Tar". So yes,
these are The “The Tar” Tar Pits (y La “La Brea”
Brea). |
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