Fossil insect traces reveal ancient climate, entrapment, and fossilization at La Brea Tar Pits The La Brea Tar Pits have stirred the imaginations of scientists and the public for over a century. But the amount of time it took for ancient animals to become buried in asphalt after enduring gruesome deaths has remained a mystery. Recent forensic investigations reveal new insights into fossilization and the prevailing climate at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits toward the end of the last Ice Age.
July 4, 2013 - Science Daily
Hiroshi Sugimoto in International Herald Tribune It's pre-photography, a fossilization of time,Sugimoto, 57, said of that fossil and others nearby, which he has begun collecting in the last couple of years, adding: "Americans have done the Zen garden to death. I wanted to do something...