Why do we only find fossils?

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I think La Brea is definative proof that the YEC view on things is pretty much flawed. Two things are easely proven using La Brea as an example:

1) The earth is far older than 6,000 years.

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2) The biodiversety of earth has changed thrughout the millenia.

Point number 2 is intriguing, because it also acts as proof for evolution (or at least leaves a very big unanswerd question for the creationist). Where did all these strange creatures go, and where did they come from?

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After all, we can safely say dinos weren't arround to get stuck in the pit. Further, we can also say that the critters in the pit weren't arround when dinos were around.

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The later point (2) needs to be elaborated a bit here:

1) Dino fossil beds contain no post ice-age fauna 'intermingled' with pre ice-age fauna. Likewise, post ice-age La Brea, shows that no dinos are intermingled with post ice-age mammals.

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2) Since La Brea is a near perfect cross section of a functioning ancient eccosystem, how can we see any of these creatures fitting in a nich with dinosaurs?

That is to say, how are ancient bison going to compete for grazing land with herds of tricerotops? There simply isn't enugh room for all of these creatures, they can't all be filling the same niches.

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It is impossible to imagine a time where such vast numbers of mega-fauna (dinos and ancient mammals) were roaming the earth together with the animals of today, and somehow surviving along side each other with out eating themselves out of house and home.

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Conclusion:

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This suggests evolution to me. However, the creationist would have much trouble addressing the 2 points above which can be safely infered by examining La Brea.

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