Scientists at the tar pits discovered that many of the smaller animals they extracted from the pits still exist around Los Angeles today. But many of the larger mammals-such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers-are now extinct. Why do you think this is the case? What can scientists learn about Los Angeles' climate history by studying the specimens found in these tar pits?

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Keith May

2 November, 22:06

Scientists at the tar pits discovered that many of the smaller animals they extracted from the pits still exist around Los Angeles today. But many of the larger mammals-such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers-are now extinct. Why do you think this is the case? What can scientists learn about Los Angeles' climate history by studying the specimens found in these tar pits?

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Branden Ponce · Answer 1

They can infer that it used to be very cold because woolly mammoths and saber tooth tigers used to live in these climates. They might have went extinct because since they are bigger, they didn't have a very big population to begin with, unlike the smaller animals that survived and have now adapted