Secrets of the La Brea Tar Pits ~ with Ray Castillo

The scene of hapless mammoths and saber tooth tigers trapped in merciless tar is a well-known image... but what are the La Brea Tar Pits and what are their history?
MARK from Evolution Soup talks with RAY CASTILLO - an intern at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum in Los Angeles about the secrets of the Tar Pits, the long-extinct animals found fossilized within, and the most common questions asked of him by fascinated visitors to the museum.
Original YouTube video of this interview: https://youtu.be/eJ8QeVF-16Q
#evolution #labreatarpits #paleontology
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Email: [email protected]
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LA BREA TAR PITS:
Museum: https://tarpits.org/
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SEE ALSO:
Jurupa Valley Discovery Center: https://jmdc.org/
#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #artwork #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #Neanderthal #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #genus #species #africa #skull #skulls #naturalselection #lucy #paleontology
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