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New Genomic Research Reveals Bats Originated in Europe
September 23, 2026
STONY BROOK, New York, Sept. 23 -- The State University of New York Stony Brook University posted the following news:

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New Genomic Research Reveals Bats Originated in Europe

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Published in Nature, the research rewrites the bat family tree and shows that powered flight and echolocation started at the dawn of bat evolution; the body of work involves a consortium of international scientists co-led by Stony Brook professor Liliana M. Davalos

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