由来自64个国家的137位研究人员组成的国际研究团队发现，蝙蝠最可能在晚古新世时期的6500至6000万年前在欧洲首次进化1。这项由都柏林大学学院和Bat1K联盟主导的研究已于2026年9月30日发表在《自然》期刊上1。
研究人员结合了103个蝙蝠基因组和44个化石蝙蝠的证据进行分析，涵盖了所有21个已知蝙蝠科1。研究表明，飞行能力和回声定位在蝙蝠进化的早期阶段就已出现1，这一特性可能解释了蝙蝠为何成为哺乳动物中最成功的物种之一。作为哺乳动物中唯一具有真正动力飞行能力的物种，蝙蝠约占现存哺乳动物物种的五分之一1。
An international research team comprising 137 scientists from 64 countries has determined that bats most likely first evolved in Europe between 65 and 60 million years ago during the late Paleocene epoch.1 The study, conducted through the Bat1K consortium and led by researchers at University College Dublin, analyzed 103 bat genomes and evidence from 44 fossil bat specimens spanning all 21 known bat families to reconstruct the evolutionary history of these mammals.1
The research reveals that both flight capability and echolocation emerged early in bat evolution, which may explain why bats have become one of the most successful mammal species on Earth.1 As the only mammals capable of true powered flight, bats account for approximately one-fifth of all existing mammal species.1 The findings were published in Nature on September 30, 2026.1
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