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  2. La Brea Tar Pits - Wikipedia

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    The area is part of urban Los Angeles in the Miracle Mile District. The museum tells the story of the tar pits and presents specimens excavated from them. Visitors can walk around the park and see the tar pits. On the grounds of the park are life-sized models of prehistoric animals in or near the tar pits.

  3. Paleobiota of the La Brea Tar Pits - Wikipedia

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    Common garter snakes are commonly found near aquatic environments. Unlike many of the other snakes from Rancho La Brea, it is not commonly found in the modern Los Angeles area, which is situated at the southern edge of its range. Common kingsnake [139] [134] [135] Lampropeltis getula: A maxilla and multiple vertebrae

  4. Angeles Mesa skeletons - Wikipedia

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    Angeles Mesa Skeletons or Haverty Skeletons are two common names for permineralized prehistoric human remains comprising eight individuals (three males, three females, two individuals of uncertain sex) [2] that were found in loose sands and sandy clays at the base of the Baldwin Hills between Culver City and Los Angeles in Southern California in 1924.

  5. 9-million-year-old marine fossils found beneath California ...

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    Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project. The relics recovered at San Pedro High School included ...

  6. Abandoned well hid 1,700-year-old government records. See ...

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    Other artifacts found at the ancient site in Changsha. A similar set of 1,700-year-old bamboo slips was also recently found in a pair of abandoned ... Los Angeles area remains in extreme fire ...

  7. Tribal leaders and researchers have mapped the ancient "lost ...

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    The "Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History" project seeks to illustrate major Los Angeles area Indigenous settlements. Tribal leaders and researchers have mapped the ancient "lost suburbs" of Los ...

  8. Local landmarks lost and damaged by raging Los Angeles fires

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    Firefighters continue to battle several wildfires around the Los Angeles area as of Sunday. The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel was destroyed in the blaze on Tuesday night. Local landmarks ...

  9. Puvunga - Wikipedia

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    Puvunga (alternatively spelled Puvungna or Povuu'nga) is an ancient village and sacred site of the Tongva nation, the Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin, and the Acjachemen, the Indigenous people of Orange County. The site is now located within the California State University, Long Beach campus and surrounding areas. [1]