Bats, geographic isolation and evolutionary divergence (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Bats, geographic isolation and evolutionary divergence

Caption

New research from Michigan State University is showing that the biodiversity we see among today's mammals, including the vampire bat, is linked to changes in the Earth’s geography that were happening millions of years ago.

Credit

Uwe Schmidt

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