Author: Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez, Lecturer in Ecology, University of Southampton

Memo Ossa/Shutterstock For decades scientists have argued about where bats originated. A recently published study in the journal Nature offers new evidence to address that question. This new international study combining DNA and fossils supports Europe as bats’ likely birthplace. The problem thus far has been that, unlike birds, which have a superb fossil record […]