ScienceGenetic study challenges ideas about where Earth's first bats evolved
LiveScience reports that researchers compiled data from 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils to redraw the bat family tree and trace the animals' origins.
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Earth's first bats originated somewhere different than previously thought, according to LiveScience's reporting on a genetic study. The outlet describes it as the largest study of its kind to date, using 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils to revise the bat family tree and determine where bats first evolved.
Genetic study challenges ideas about where Earth's first bats evolved
LiveScience reports that researchers compiled data from 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils to redraw the bat family tree and trace the animals' origins.
