VR180 | L.A. Metro construction unearths thousands of ice age fossils beneath Los Angeles

It’s raining fossils 80 feet below Wilshire Boulevard as L.A. Metro continues its expansion of the Purple Line through Beverly Hills. Paleontologists have already found 2,000 ice age fossils in dirt dug by the new construction including a two-foot bison horn, a mammoth knuckle and a shin bone from an early camel ancestor.In this immersive VR 180 video, Metro paleontological monitor Bethany Ader takes you on a tour of a subway cavern 80 feet beneath the ground where the prehistoric bison horn was found. You’ll also visit with Dr. Ashley Ledger, a paleontologist at Cogstone Resource Management Lab in Riverside who is processing LA’s latest fossil discoveries.Ledger says the the Metro Purple Line expansion for a paleontologist is a “dream come true.”
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[@RavenMeer]

Your enthusiasm is contagious. I really enjoyed this walk thru your finds. Thank you for making this video.

[@McKeelix]

I have a family member that worked on the excavation for LACMA's underground parking garage. They had to pause their project when they unearthed the first of almost a dozen ice age fossils. Really cool stuff.

[@MaRyWiNs3]

This is fascinating. Would love to see more information like this. Dr. Ledger is awesome too!

[@phillippettit2138]

Agreed

[@moibuspm]

This was great!!! More 180 VR videos like this please!

[@MrSenorhappy]

Love your passion and dedication! Thank you

[@benbuckley9901]

Enjoyed this video thank you for uploadling it

[@edwardbliss8931]

Did it find rock and roll? It's been missing since 1991

[@marciturner4980]

Go get a rock, and then roll it. Then you will have rock and roll back again.

[@phillipkalaveras1725]

And in the 3 years, we have been working on the 5 mile Purple Line extension China added another 3,000 miles of high-speed mag lift.

[@llh3025]

Authoritarianism is easy and quick. Democracy is messy and takes time.

[@alx00cn]

Amazing Video! ... and an awesome professional!

[@philmcgroin1661]

Those bones did not fossilized because they are not millions of years old they’re probably a few thousand years old only

[@18dot7]

Another religious nut talking...

[@dimarudnykh]

This is so fascinating

[@Biketouring]

Enjoyed the video! Keep it up :)

[@Rays_Bad_Decisions]

Lol as if LAs transportation system was not already enough of a nightmare the subway needs to become a never ending archeological dig

[@sajateacher]

So... how did the animals all get on the subway then? (Mind blown... *explosion sounds*...)

[@PinstripeJim]

Any of that dirt at the back of LA Air Force base on Aviation been sifted through?

[@patrick7465]

I forgot I had my Jordan's on, now they're dirty 😡😡😡

[@TREVASLARK]

Great video, presented in a clear and interesting way by a very down-to-earth young paleontologist. I enjoyed this - thanks so much and I hope you continue to make amazing finds ! (Camels on Wilshire ! :DDD)

[@lisaamirant5595]

How did this get so few thumbs up? This is very fascinating and informative! Thank you for sharing this! 🤗❤👍👍👍

[@losangeleslakers1650]

This dirt here can grow any vegetable with a very high level of nutrients .

[@johnnyhotrod2608]

That is interesting

[@JohnAlbertRigali]

Hey, something good actually came out of the Purple Line project! Now, if only its entire geographic footprint could become an archaeological dig instead of the foolishly planned Metro rail line...

[@MrsDetroit622]

Does the "Play in App" button work?

[@Rectifiable]

What all will the boring machines destroy....?

[@lillian-annwhitingmonkarel2774]

Be carful there’s gasses there

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

They don't seem to have any concerns so I would guess they are breathing fresh air. These people know what they are doing.

[@marciturner4980]

This looks like a video game instead of actual footage. Strange in naming the specimen "Haden" as if it's a pet when it's really a part of a bone. Or if you are naming that actual animal that name as if it's your long lost pet. My direct point: Haden does not sound anything like the name of a bone itself. Sounds more like the name of a pet, or a person's name.

[@iamtheman7018]

So how does stuff like this end up so deep in the ground? Has there really been that much deposition? Has the elevation of the surrounding area changed that much?

[@victorhopper6774]

yes

[@victorhopper6774]

at my great grandfather's (still in the family for 143 years) farm the creek bed has changed about 9 feet in the last 50 years. soft soil can erode pretty quick.

[@felixofla101]

Cool, ❤️

[@losangeleslakers1650]

Lol the la brea tarpits anyone? Why the hell wouldn't you find fossils.

[@soursopmcgee8682]

Did she just say camels were native to California ,Wut ! 🌴🏜️🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬

[@soursopmcgee8682]

steven pursley All my life I thought camels were from the middle East, that's why

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

@steven pursley I guess they don't teach the sciences like they used to.

[@stargazing12010]

How did you make it VR

[@overthehills_faraway8320]

Did you find any human artifacts down there?

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

California isn't all native to California!

[@Amy-qk7uw]

Omg. How do I make this my job??? Please!

[@Orbitinbloom19018]

What if i just ate all the fossils

[@snowman374th]

Find any Oil?

[@anthonyjacinto2622]

Can you imagine what you would have found if you were digging the hole not digging through the tailings . Smh

[@fredgarvinMP]

Imagine how none of it would have been found if they didn't dig.

[@Orbitinbloom19018]

Now jokes aside this is super interesting, thank yall so much for this perfectly produced media

[@rampartranger7749]

Buried from earthquake triggered tsunami? Or volcanism, or what?

[@guydecervens]

Find any transitional fossils?

[@18dot7]

Yes. All fossils are transitional. Today, there are roughly 7 billion transitional people on earth. And btw, man is still adapting to its environment: www.sci-news.com/medicine/fabella-07116.html

[@fredgarvinMP]

Also, we're taller than we used to be. And all the domesticated animals and pets are what happens when we apply artificial selection aggressively.

[@lydiawaffleman1497]

Sounds like Native American stuff...

[@chodeshadar18]

Heh. This looks like a video game!

[@Ghaleon1982]

not even 2 min into the video....she says "we transported it to our lab" Why would someone building a subway have a need of there own lab?

[@colbystearns5066]

These are paleontologists who are working alongside the subway builders in order to recover these fossils. The La Brea Tar Pits Museum where they do their research is literally a block away.

[@alfredosandoval2943]

It's Hollywood props

[@fredgarvinMP]

It's props to Hollywood.

[@ucntcit]

You know it wasn’t LA then, right? 🤑

[@CertifiedShovelOperator]

iT wAs MexICo

[@charleshunter7864]

@@CertifiedShovelOperator no it was spain before Mexico and before that it was Indian.

[@margieo1507]

nice story crappy quality though.

[@jdbarrera]

This being in VR adds nothing and maybe is worse than a normal video. VR is more suited to experiences like a roller coaster not lecture style videos where we are just looking at one person.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

wow i didnt even know they were making a subway in LA! ha, its about time!!! jeesh

[@Roostermania2010]

@Elizabeth Bennet = The Blue Line (later renamed Purple in 2006) opened and began operations in 1990 followed by the Red Line in 1993, so it's been about 30 years now and these are the only 2 underground subway lines; all other lines operate at street surface and/or elevated levels = Google "Los Angeles Metro Rail"

[@petercarey7133]

great presentation. thank you very much, i like fossils, i want to learn more about discoveries from our past, without deception, ie: pyramids and the control of knowledge. reverse engineer them already, haven't 'we the people' gained collective consciousness yet? you made my day. as mr. burrows said "give it all back '

[@verdellbarkley6294]

The friendly ferryboat methodically bruise because yew intracellularly pretend onto a low recess. wasteful, sable den

[@hmmwhatidoxnottoo8459]

Demol

[@hmmwhatidoxnottoo8459]

Demolitions are tending to be unlawful. Hot thaw doesn't kill

[@tuavong1546]

Very nice….