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A large new study combining bat genomes and fossils suggests bats originated in Europe 65 to 60 million years ago. Researchers from 64 countries found their descendants later spread to Africa, then the Americas, Asia, and Australia. Flight and echolocation, which help bats navigate and hunt, appeared early and aided their evolutionary success.
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