Silver and bighead carp in Yangtze River evolving for human consumption.
The researchers studied how silver and bighead carp in the Yangtze River have changed in shape over the past 50 years. They looked at young fish from the 1950s and compared them to fish from 2008. The current fish have bigger heads but smaller bodies compared to the older fish. This means that the fish now have more meat in their heads, which could be important for people who eat them.