Only one human skeleton has been unearthed. In 1914, researchers at the tar pits discovered a 9000-year-old set of human remains of a woman in her twenties, dubbed “La Brea Woman.” Though some ...

Tar pits form as petroleum seeps to the surface through fissures in the Earth’s crust, leaving viscous asphalt pools. To make Tar Pits Film, Jennifer West threw a strip of film into the La Brea ...