'Extinct' Clam From 30,000 Years Ago Turns Up Just Fine in California

[jmatt]

A species of clam known only by the 28,000-year-old fossils it left behind has turned up alive and well on an American shoreline.

The small, translucent bivalve, known as Cymatioa cooki, was recently discovered hiding in the rocky intertidal zone of southern California – a place carefully combed over by scientists for many, many years.

Link here.

 

[taricha]

a place carefully combed over by scientists for many, many years

sounds just like the drawer with the keys that I can never find when I need them.