The Only Human Found in the La Brea Tar Pits | Eons • PBS

The Only Human Found in the La Brea Tar Pits... | Eons • PBS

Only one human has been excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits 😮 | Eons • PBS

In California, 13,000 years ago, huge ice age mammals that had roamed the landscape for many millennia, suddenly ceased to exist. The cause? Humans, catastrophic fires, and an ecosystem made vulnerable by climate change. Learn more about the new groundbreaking study by researchers at La Brea #TarPits and other US institutions, revealing for the first time the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of once-ubiquitous megafauna and the transformation of the Ice Age ecosystems that defined the

Right in the heart of L.A. sits the world’s most powerful gateway to the Ice Age. The asphalt seeps at La Brea Tar Pits are the only active urban fossil dig site in the world. Plants and animals from the last 50,000 years are discovered here every day. Outside, you can watch excavators carve fossils out of the asphalt. Inside the museum, our staff prepares these discoveries in the see-through Fossil Lab. You'll see final result in our exhibitions: extraordinary saber-toothed cats, mammoths, dire

Ever wondered what happens to the fossils found at the La Brea Tar Pits? Here's a peek at the fossil storage area at the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum. Watch Lost LA on the free PBS app to learn more. | KCET