Ancient bones reveal 2 whale species lost from the Mediterranean Sea
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 11:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Two thousand years ago the Mediterranean Sea was a haven for two species of whale which have since virtually disappeared from the North Atlantic, a new study analyzing ancient bones suggests. The discovery of the whale bones in the ruins of a Roman fish processing factory located at the strait of Gibraltar also hints at the possibility that the Romans may have hunted the whales.