A first for bats

John Speakman
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John Speakman: John Speakman is at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB39 2PN, UK. j.speakman@abdn.ac.uk

Nature, 2008, vol. 451, issue 7180, 774-775

Abstract: Which came first as bats evolved — flight or echolocation? Newly described fossils favour the flight-first hypothesis. But these creatures may have been otherwise equipped for flying at night.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/451774a

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