Researchers have discovered that 6000-years-ago people across Europe shared a cultural tradition of using freshwater mussel shells to craft ornaments. A new study suggests that 6000-years-ago people ...

For centuries the blue mussel was a New England wallflower. No matter that Europeans prized the plump, tan-to-orange meat in the blue-black shell. Along the East Coast mussels seemed as common as ...

A new study suggests that 6000-years-ago people across Europe shared a cultural tradition of using freshwater mussel shells to craft ornaments. An international team of researchers, including ...