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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 milli.
The discovery of a new prehistoric bat species sheds light on the origins of these flying mammals and raises questions about how they developed the ability to echolocate.