Emily Lindsey

curator at the La Brea Tar Pits

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The extinction of large, Ice Age mammals coincided with the arrival of humans, according to researchers who studied bones from the La Brea Tar Pits and Lake Elsinore.

Human-ignited fires may have caused Ice Age extinction, scientists say

The extinction of large, Ice Age mammals coincided with the arrival of humans, according to researchers who studied bones from the La Brea Tar Pits and Lake Elsinore.

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