Santa Rosae was an ancient landmass off the coast of present-day southern California
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Santa Rosae was an ancient landmass off the coast of present-day southern California
California
California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California.... , near Ventura County and Santa Barbara County, of which the northern Channel Islands of California
Channel Islands of California
The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America.... are remnants.
The last glacial period was the most recent glacial period within the Quaternary glaciation, occurring in the Pleistocene epoch. It began about 110,000 years ago and ended between 10,000 and 15,000 Before Present.... , the northern four Channel Islands of California
Channel Islands of California
The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America.... were linked in a single contiguous island only 4.7 miles offshore. Geography took its present shape after the continental ice sheets melted and sea levels rose 120 metres. There is also evidence to suggest that a submerged island, Calafia, lay between Santa Rosae and the mainland.
Santa Rosae is perhaps best known for having had a population of pygmy mammoth
Pygmy Mammoth
The 'Pygmy' or 'Channel Islands Mammoth' is an extinct species of dwarf elephant descended from the Columbian mammoth . A case of island or insular dwarfism, M.... s (Mammuthus exilis), which became extinct over 12,000 years ago, and for the 13,000-year-old skeleton of Arlington Springs Man, which are the oldest set of human remains yet found in North America.
