# Study reveals evolutionary history of bats, dating back 65 million years

> **Newsylist Open Intelligence Dossier** · First detected: 2026-09-25 14:29 UTC · Category: Science · Sources: 2 · Current Velocity: 0.71

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## Multi-Source Evidence Table
| Source Outlet | Headline | Published (UTC) | Verification URL |
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| Smithsonian Magazine | Where Did Bats Originate? Huge Genetic Study May Have Settled the Longstanding Debate and Rewritten the Creatures' Evolutionary Tree | 2026-09-24 16:04 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikAJBVV95cUxOWmhzMmNHU1BXTnQzZURreDRpRS1KLXpYblNqaGk0UUU2bk1iRnplQmtEQlV0SVlkSzZmZW9FTjhRdDgtMko4SUZocEFGUzVhX2JXRjR2X0xJOGNZYjJHRG5yZUJaQlI1RWF2RVNWamlEcno3ekFUcG5IMzE2Tm9Yd0hDaWVab1dYSGJWVXBrVUNScEFxQ29KWmtSS1duLUlOMl9uZDdFQ1otWlQ4Nmk5ZW84dlhtWHZlekhyQk4xajdjMG1fNUU1bk81ZnlMZVZWd2VHalpoRW5MQTN2U2VEQ0puOGc0OGJ1aWFIQjI0bXNHZmt4SXBkcUk1MzRDQXI5Xy1sOTMtQU01ZU5Qa1Vidg?oc=5) |
| Reuters | Study reveals evolutionary history of bats, dating back 65 million years | 2026-09-24 16:04 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQaUpVajdNRlRfbFlxU3RSZ0RCdE5ucmpjb01kdmFESzFyWlNYZjgtM0hEZW9KdUpDSE0tRF9wMUtEell0YktmSE9NdnRCNFo4Z1BUQ2tYRTB6d0MxY0E0TzBRU244M2NLTmpCNDdOSTA2bFJZSDI2ZVhmQVotTmdIODgxZldlWG9Fbk1zdWFfeDc5dlRyTVFfRDEyTE83VzBNUVBRbzEzWWF6RXYya2xZMXF3?oc=5) |

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