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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › La_Brea_Tar_PitsLa Brea Tar Pits - Wikipedia

    The La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.

  3. tarpits.org › Free_Digital_GuideDigital Guide to La Brea Tar Pits | La Brea Tar Pits

    Discover La Brea Tar Pits. On the app, you'll find maps, highlights of La Brea Tar Pits and museum, helpful information, and deep dives into Tar Pits history. Delve into the earliest digs and the latest discoveries!

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  5. www.laalmanac.com › history › hi736Twelve Things You Should Know About the La Brea Tar Pits

    • Not Tar... Asphalt. Asphalt bubbling up from below ground at the La Brea Tar Pits pond. Los Angeles Almanac Photo. To be clear: the La Brea Tar Pits are not actually composed of tar at all.
    • Only A Few Inches Deep. Smilodon californicus (Saber-Tooth Cat) and Canis dirus (Dire Wolf) fight over a Mammuthus columbi (Columbian Mammoth) carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits.
    • Asphalt is an Amazing Preservative. La Brea Tar Pits lab worker cleans asphalt from a 40,000-year-old bison bone. Los Angeles Almanac Photo. Asphalt is not easily removed from fossil remains, as La Brea Tar Pits paleontologists can tell you, but skeletal remains encased in it are kept in pristine condition.
    • No Dinosaur Fossils... Ice Age Fossils. Mural portraying Ice Age Los Angeles at La Brea Tar Pits & Museum. Los Angeles Almanac Photo. Fossils found in the La Brea Tar Pits only date from the very end of the Pleistocene epoch (also known as the Ice Ages), from 11,700 to 50,000 years ago, which still falls within our current Cenozoic Era.

  6. tarpits.org › plan-your-visitPlan Your Visit | La Brea Tar Pits

    Click on map link below to find your way to your favorite exhibits and follow the one-way paths throughout the museum. Helpful icons point out restrooms, shops, eating areas, accessible features, and more.

  7. www.esconi.org › 2012 › 01La Brea Tar Pits - Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois ...

    Recent article about the La Brea Tar Pits in the NYTimes: ... The tar pits have so many fossils precisely because of the tar, which one can still see bubbling to the surface in spots throughout Hancock Park.

  8. science.howstuffworks.com › la-brea-tar-pitsHow the La Brea Tar Pits Work | HowStuffWorks

    A sculpted mammoth shows visitors to the La Brea Tar Pits what these ancient animals might have looked like, but the pits themselves have looked the same for thousands of years. How did they form, and what discoveries lie beneath the sticky surface?

  9. www.visitcalifornia.com › experience › la-brea-tar-pitsGuide to Los Angeles' La Brea Tar Pits & Museum | Visit ...

    Visit this famous National Natural Landmark to be transported back to the Pleistocene Era via films, exhibits, and more.

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