Bats Originated in Europe, Genetic and Fossil Evidence Suggests

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Bats Originated in Europe, Genetic and Fossil Evidence Suggests

The first phase of the Bat1K project: 103 chromosome-level genome assemblies and annotations representing at least one species from each of the 21 currently recognized bat families. Image credit: Morales et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3.

Bats make up more than one fifth of all living mammal species, yet where and when they first took to the air has been debated for decades.

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