[Geology2] Scientists dig for Ice Age fossils in Los Angeles

I love when that happens . .

Scientists dig for Ice Age fossils in Los Angeles
PhysOrg.com [USA], March 9, 2011

With a dental pick in hand, Karin Rice delicately scraped off a clump of
asphalt from a pelvic bone belonging to a horse that roamed Los Angeles
tens of thousands of years ago. Like many unsuspecting creatures of the
last Ice Age, the horse probably stopped to take a sip of spring water
only to be ensnared - and later preserved - in a pool of sticky asphalt
that seeped from underground crude oil deposits. "You're opening up this
ancient world and getting to look back in time," Rice said during a
recent dig at the La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles. For the
past three years, scientists have been sifting through a significant
trove of bones and a nearly intact mammoth skeleton discovered in 2006
during the construction of an underground garage next to the tar pits.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-scientists-ice-age-fossils-los_1.html

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