Although bats constitute more than 20% of living mammal species, little is known about their evolutionary history. In a Perspective, [Simmons][1] discusses a new bat phylogenetic tree ([ Teeling et al .][2]) that sheds light on the evolution of the only mammals capable of both flight and echolocation. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5709/527 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/307/5709/580
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