Los Angeles may be brimming with Hollywood relics (some of our most beloved big-screen actors are among them) but historical artifacts of a very different kind are the subject of a current city-wide development. The past has collided with the future: over 500 Ice Age fossils have been excavated during the LA city subway’s Purple Line expansion.
Paleontologist Ashley Leger spoke to abc7: “We are the paleontological team that’s there all day every day looking for fossils while the dirt is being moved,” she said, “and this is just an example of some of the fossils that are coming out of the three stations [La Brea Avenue, Fairfax Avenue, and La Cienega Boulevard].” Ashley then gestured to a display table showcasing an array of fascinating relics, including remnants from the skeleton of a Columbian Mammoth.
