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Fossils Under Our Feet

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Dennis Rice, Drysten Ramsey, Karen Rice, and Amber Ramsey enjoy their museum at the museum for an educational experience on Father's Day.

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Mary Gonzalez, Donna Loya, and Miguel Gonzalez take a quick picture before enjoying more of the museum's artifacts.

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Natalia Soules and her family enjoy the props provided to take historical-type pictures with while going through one of the rooms in the museum.

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Lana Stephens poses for a picture while looking through the numerous exhibits provided by the museum.

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Eric Scott poses at the podium where he gave his presentation, and where he answered questions from the public in order to keep them fascinated with what fossils have to offer.

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A small part of a large mammoth tusk found at Tula Springs in Las Vegas, and is now displayed at the museum.

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Part of the jaw of an extinct camel that was found in Tula Springs in Las Vegas, and is now displayed at the museum.

By Hillary Lee, Community Writer
July 1, 2014 at 12:46pm. Views: 68

“There are fossils all over the place right here in Southern California,” shared Eric Scott, Curator of Paleontology at the San Bernardino County Museum, during a recent seminar. The museum holds numerous events throughout the year that are geared toward families and informing the public of the history of the world around us. A recent holiday weekend was no exception when Eric Scott engaged a crowd of people in a presentation called “Fossils Under Our Feet.” During the presentation, Scott explained that Ice Age Fossils could be found literally right under our feet. People do not need to travel far to dig up species that were alive during the Ice Age. One of the most popular places around currently is the La Brea Tar Pits, where “the Los Angeles County Museum has dug up over three quarters of a million fossils,” Scott shared. Some of the fossils found at the La Brea Tar Pits are being displayed in museums as far as London. “A lot of what we know about the Ice Age has come from the tar pits,” Scott also shared. To this day, there are still a ton of fossils buried all over downtown Los Angeles. Another popular area that is rich with fossils is Diamond Valley Lake. Before it was filled with water, over 200,000 fossils were found in the area, including Northern Californian Lions, Saber Tooth Tigers, and Dire Wolfs. Bison were the most commonly found in the area, and there was also the rare appearance of the Mastodon. Mastodons have not been found in many other places aside from the La Brea Tar Pits and Diamond Valley. The presentation ended with any further questions from the public, then the people explored through the numerous displays provided by the museum. Attendee Lana Stephens shared, “It’s fascinating. I had a good time. I haven’t been here since I was a child.” Numerous other families enjoyed showing their children the different displays and reading the descriptions to them, thus teaching them a little bit more about life and history.

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