10/7/2026
Where Did Bats Originate? Huge Genetic Study May Have Settled the Longstanding Debate and Rewritten the Creatures' Evolutionary Tree
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The flying mammals likely arose 65 million years ago in Europe, before spreading to Africa and then the rest of the world, according to the new research
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