Archaeological study shows human activity may have boosted shellfish size

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 09:28 in Biology & Nature

In a counter-intuitive finding, new research from North Carolina State University shows that a species of shellfish widely consumed in the Pacific over the past 3,000 years has actually increased in size, despite - and possibly because of - increased human activity in the area.

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