Los Angeles Metrosu’nun Wilshire\/La Brea \u0130stasyonu’nun in\u015fas\u0131 s\u0131ras\u0131nda i\u015f\u00e7iler, b\u00f6lgenin tarih \u00f6ncesi ge\u00e7mi\u015fine \u0131\u015f\u0131k tutan eski bir filin par\u00e7alar\u0131na rastlad\u0131lar. \u00c7ok say\u0131da antik yarat\u0131\u011f\u0131 korumakla tan\u0131nan yak\u0131nlardaki La Brea Katran \u00c7ukurlar\u0131 g\u00f6z \u00f6n\u00fcne al\u0131nd\u0131\u011f\u0131nda, bu fosillerin varl\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u015fa\u015f\u0131rt\u0131c\u0131 de\u011fil.<\/p>\n\n
\u0130lk ke\u015fif, yeti\u015fkin bir mastodona ait bir dizi di\u015ften olu\u015fuyordu. Sonraki kaz\u0131lar, yak\u0131nlarda di\u015fleri olan k\u0131smi bir kafatas\u0131 ortaya \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131. \u00d6n analizler, filin son Buz \u00c7a\u011f\u0131 s\u0131ras\u0131nda yakla\u015f\u0131k 10.000 y\u0131l \u00f6nce ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 g\u00f6steriyor. Ancak kafatas\u0131n\u0131n ve di\u015flerin bir mastodona m\u0131 yoksa gen\u00e7 bir mamute mi ait oldu\u011fu hen\u00fcz belli de\u011fil. Di\u015flerin ve kafatas\u0131 \u00f6zelliklerinin daha fazla analizi t\u00fcr\u00fc belirleyecektir.<\/p>\n\n
Ke\u015ffin ard\u0131ndan, fosillerin korunmas\u0131 ve kald\u0131r\u0131lmas\u0131 i\u00e7in b\u00f6lgedeki in\u015faat \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131 derhal durduruldu. Di\u015f b\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fc ve kafatas\u0131, daha fazla \u00e7al\u0131\u015fma i\u00e7in bir laboratuvara ta\u015f\u0131nma s\u0131ras\u0131nda b\u00fct\u00fcnl\u00fcklerini korumak i\u00e7in al\u00e7\u0131ya sar\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Modern fillerin uzak kuzenleri olan mamutlar ve mastodonlar belirgin \u00f6zelliklere sahiptir. Mamutlar, sert ova \u00e7imenlerinde otlamak i\u00e7in uyarlanm\u0131\u015f uzun, oluklu di\u015flere sahip daha b\u00fcy\u00fckt\u00fc. \u00d6te yandan mastodonlar ormanl\u0131k habitatlar\u0131 tercih etmi\u015f ve meyve ve yaprak t\u00fcketmi\u015ftir. Her iki t\u00fcr de yakla\u015f\u0131k 10.000 y\u0131l \u00f6nce neslinin t\u00fckendi.<\/p>\n\n
Bu son ke\u015fif, Metro’nun geni\u015fleme projesi s\u0131ras\u0131nda bulunan ilk fosil. Ancak bu izole bir olay de\u011fil. 1980’lerde K\u0131rm\u0131z\u0131 Hat’\u0131n in\u015fas\u0131 s\u0131ras\u0131nda i\u015f\u00e7iler binlerce fosil \u00f6rne\u011fi \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131lar. Bu buluntular\u0131n tarihsel \u00f6nemini kabul ederek, fosil kurtarma fonu mevcut b\u00fct\u00e7eye dahil edildi.<\/p>\n\n
Uzmanlar, Metro geni\u015fledik\u00e7e ek fosil ke\u015fiflerinin yap\u0131laca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6ng\u00f6r\u00fcyor. B\u00f6lgenin zengin paleontolojik ge\u00e7mi\u015fi, kaz\u0131lar\u0131n Los Angeles’taki tarih \u00f6ncesi ya\u015fam\u0131n daha fazla kan\u0131t\u0131n\u0131 ortaya \u00e7\u0131karabilece\u011fini g\u00f6steriyor.<\/p>\n\n
Antik fil kemiklerinin ke\u015ffi, Los Angeles’taki modern altyap\u0131 ile tarih \u00f6ncesi tarih aras\u0131ndaki benzersiz kesi\u015fimi vurguluyor. \u015eehrin metro sistemi geni\u015fledik\u00e7e, sadece modern ula\u015f\u0131m sa\u011flamakla kalm\u0131yor, ayn\u0131 zamanda b\u00f6lgenin kadim ge\u00e7mi\u015fine de bir pencere a\u00e7\u0131yor.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Los Angeles Metro Kaz\u0131s\u0131nda Eski Fil Kemikleri Ortaya \u00c7\u0131kt\u0131 Ke\u015fif ve \u00d6nemi Los Angeles Metrosu’nun Wilshire\/La Brea \u0130stasyonu’nun in\u015fas\u0131 s\u0131ras\u0131nda i\u015f\u00e7iler, b\u00f6lgenin tarih \u00f6ncesi ge\u00e7mi\u015fine \u0131\u015f\u0131k tutan eski bir filin…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[20415,88,20416,3432,20417,137,20418],"class_list":["post-15313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paleontology","tag-ancient-elephant-bones","tag-archaeology","tag-los-angeles-subway","tag-mammoth","tag-mastodon","tag-paleontology","tag-prehistoric-california"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15314,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313\/revisions\/15314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}