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La Brea Woman is the name for the only human whose remains have ever been found in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. The remains, first discovered in the pits in 1914, were the partial skeleton of a woman〔 (1914) Preliminary report on the discovery of human remains in an asphalt deposit at Rancho La Brea, ''Science'' 40: 197-203〕 dated to approximately 10,000 calendar years (~9,000 radiocarbon years) BP,〔 (2009) Compilation, calibration, and synthesis of faunal and floral radiocarbon dates, Rancho La Brea, California, ''Contributions in Science'' 518: 1-16〕 who was 25 to 30 years old at death〔 (1989) A note on the ontogenetic age of the Rancho La Brea hominid, Los Angeles, California, ''Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences'' 88(3): 123-126〕 and found associated with remains of a domestic dog, and so interpreted to have been ceremonially interred.〔 (1985) Domestic dog associated with human remains at Rancho La Brea, ''Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences'' 84(2): 76-85〕 The remains used to be on display in the George C. Page Museum, alongside a life-sized model thought to resemble the woman. The exhibit was removed around 2004. The curator, John M. Harris, was concerned that this display of historic remains might offend Native Americans or attract unwanted attention to its Native American origins, thereby triggering a demand for their return. In 2009, California forensic artist Melissa R. Cooper published a facial reconstruction based on measurements of the skull obtained while a volunteer at the museum, but the publication was not officially authorized. == See also == * List of human evolution fossils * (Cooper's Facial Reconstructions of the La Brea Woman ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Brea Woman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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