La Brea Tar Pits: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: PNAS - Carbon starvation in glacial trees recovered from the La Brea tar pits, southern California. Jul 31, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS SoCal - La Brea Tar Pits' Tiniest Fossils Provide a Key to Lost Worlds. Dec 20, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN - Preserving the unique history of the La Brea Tar Pits. Nov 07, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Science Show - La Brea Tar Pits. Aug 28, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Microbial Diversity in Natural Asphalts of the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits. Jul 19, 2025
Add new Web site: NISCPR Online Periodicals Repository - La Brea Tar Pits (PDF). May 24, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Carbon starvation in glacial trees recovered from the La Brea tar pits, southern California. Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Bath Geological Society - The La Brea Tar Pits (PDF). Jan 31, 2025
Add new Web site: Creation Research Society - La Brea Tar Pits: Evidence of a Catastrophic Flood. Dec 06, 2024
Map added. Oct 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - La Brea Tar Pits Selected as One of First 100 Geological Heritage Sites. May 25, 2022
Media added. May 22, 2009
Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - The La Brea Tar Pits. Apr 21, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - La Brea Tar Pits. Apr 20, 2009
Article revised and updated. Feb 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Official Site of the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Jan 15, 2007
Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - La Brea Tar Pits. Jan 15, 2007
Article revised. Jun 06, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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