Ancient California Islanders Relied on Drifting ‘Tarballs’ for Petroleum, Study Finds

History of Ancient Los Angeles Was Driven by Its Wetlands, 8,000-Year Survey Finds

February 25, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 26719 1

It may be hard to visualize if you’ve been through drought-stricken southern California lately, but much of what’s now Los Angeles was once a teeming wetland. And a new landmark…

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Ancient California Islanders Relied on Drifting ‘Tarballs’ for Petroleum, Study Finds

February 3, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 17052 3

Eight thousand years ago, as today, one thing you needed to get by in southern California was petroleum. But even then, it seems, you didn’t need the top-grade stuff shipped…

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History of Ancient Los Angeles Was Driven by Its Wetlands, 8,000-Year Survey Finds

Ancient California Islanders Relied on Drifting ‘Tarballs’ for Petroleum, Study Finds

700,000-Year-Old Horse Found in Yukon Permafrost Yields Oldest DNA Ever Decoded

At 50, Ring-Tab Beer Cans Are Now Officially Historic Artifacts

16,000-Year-Old Tools Discovered in Texas, Among the Oldest Found in the West

Wyoming Wildfire Reveals ‘Massive’ Shoshone Camp, Thousands of Artifacts

New Dinosaur Found in Montana Reveals Tyrannosaurs’ True Face (They Didn’t Have Lips)

First-Ever Fossil Poop Excavated From L.A.’s La Brea Tar Pits

New Feathered Dinosaur From New Mexico Was Among the ‘Last of the Raptors’

America’s Earliest Traces of Potato Use Found at 10,900-Year-Old Utah Shelter

Rock Art in Chaco Canyon May Depict Ancient Solar Eclipse, Experts Say

World’s Best-Preserved Armored Dinosaur, a ‘Mona Lisa’ of Fossils, Found in Alberta