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Wednesday, 5 September 2018

The first vertebrate fossil from Socotra Island (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit bat

Hoq cave revealed a bat fossil covered in calcite years ago, in the meantime we know more and can finally share the today published article with all of you!

Kay Van Damme, Petr Benda, Dirk Van Damme, PeterDe Geest & Irka Hajdas (2018) The first vertebrate fossil from SocotraIsland (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit bat, Journal of NaturalHistory, 52:31-32, 2001-2024

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