This mural, called ‘Trapped in Time,’ shows some of the megafauna that roamed Los Angeles during the Pleistocene epoch. Most of these species died out during a global extinction event at the end of the epoch. Credit: Mark Hallett
Humans and our ancestors have used fire for hundreds of thousands of years, but fire has different impacts in different ecosystems. Charcoal records from Lake Elsinore reveal that before humans, fire activity was low in coastal Southern California. But 13,200 to 13,000 years ago, as human populations grew, fire in the region increased by an order of magnitude.
Changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires
Massive Ice Age Wooly Mammoth tusks!!
Almost ready to go on display at our Hand Of Man Museum!!
Kristian did most of the restoration AND welded the armature to hold these 232 pound X 238 pound giant Ivory tusks that scientists say are over 20,000-years-old!!! Jim Shockey