La Brea Woman

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The La Brea Woman refers to the only human remains ever excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. The remains, first discovered in Pit 10 in 1914, are the partial skeleton of a woman. Radiocarbon dating of the bones has estimated an age of 10,220–10,250 years BP (Before Present), during the current Holocene epoch. Her age at death has been estimated between 17 and 25 years.

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