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Signs of Ancient Overfishing in a Giant Clam

By jjacquet on September 1, 2008.

According to the BBC, a team of researchers discovered a new giant clam species in the Red Sea that may have been one of the first marine species over-exploited by humans. The team discovered fossil evidence to suggest the giant clam population plummeted at the same time humans appeared in the Red Sea area--125,000 years ago. Read the full story here.

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