Where did bats come from?

[bob b]

So I am still waiting to hear whether scientists know what bats descended from.

Or is it possible that the ancestor of the bats was bats that were created on the same day as all the other creatures that fly?

 

[noguru]

So I am still waiting to hear whether scientists know what bats descended from.

Or is it possible that the ancestor of the bats was bats that were created on the same day as all the other creatures that fly?

God did it. Bob. It is just like magic. Wave your hand and there is no more mystery surrounding the common ancestor of bats.

 

[Vaquero45]

Me too. That entire blisteringly stupid post from a "science lover" that is nothing more than biblical mysticism for example.

This is a theology forum, brainiac. This thread itself is in the "Religion" catagory. Bob's post explaining some Biblical Hebrew words pertaining to the topic was interesting, and fits in just fine here.

(sorry bob, I shouldn't spur him on...)

 

[genuineoriginal]

I need to get my eyes checked.
I thought the title of the thread said:

Where dingbats come from?​

 

[PlastikBuddha]

This is a theology forum, brainiac. This thread itself is in the "Religion" catagory. Bob's post explaining some Biblical Hebrew words pertaining to the topic was interesting, and fits in just fine here.

(sorry bob, I shouldn't spur him on...)

But the thread was about a scientific matter- the possible ancestors of bats.

 

[zoo22]

Don't be silly.

Everybody knows that bats are what vampires turn into.



Now, the real question is: Where do vampires come from?

It's a circular thing. Vampire bats come from vampires, vampires come from vampire bats. The chicken and egg dilemma.

 

[zoo22]

But the thread was about a scientific matter- the possible ancestors of bats.

Small, mouse/meece-like mammals.

Isn't it speculated that bats may have evolved twice? Big bats and little bats?

 

[The Barbarian]

Yes, molecular biology seems to indicate a difference between the microchiroptera and the macrochioptera.

The problem is that they have very fragile bones, and live where fossilization is very unlikely. Consequently, we have little data from the fossil record to support other data.

It's still an open question.

 

[zoo22]

Yes, molecular biology seems to indicate a difference between the microchiroptera and the macrochioptera.

The problem is that they have very fragile bones, and live where fossilization is very unlikely. Consequently, we have little data from the fossil record to support other data.

It's still an open question.

Tiny bones. Like meece.

Or moles or voles.

 

[Jukia]

So I am still waiting to hear whether scientists know what bats descended from.

Or is it possible that the ancestor of the bats was bats that were created on the same day as all the other creatures that fly?

Wrong answer bob b. But keep playing, someday you might get it right. Even a stopped clock is right 2x a day, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then.

 

[SUTG]

Or is it possible that the ancestor of the bats was bats that were created on the same day as all the other creatures that fly?

No, not possible.

Bats are animals, bob. We know that animals evolved, they were not created.

 

[noguru]

This is a theology forum, brainiac. This thread itself is in the "Religion" catagory. Bob's post explaining some Biblical Hebrew words pertaining to the topic was interesting, and fits in just fine here.

(sorry bob, I shouldn't spur him on...)

Yes, that is because Nineveh decided that it would be apropriate to combine science into the religion forum. They use to be seperate, but since the fundamentalist mind seems incapable of distinguishing between science and religion we must discuss science in this forum.

 

[uk_mikey]

It's a circular thing. Vampire bats come from vampires, vampires come from vampire bats. The chicken and egg dilemma.

But vampires can come from either... I mean, new vampires can be created from the bite of either a vampire or a vampire bat, as they are the same thing but in different form?

No idea where vampires evolved from, though. Maybe it was some sort of mutation of human with a vampire bat, and hey presto, a vampire in human form!

Dunno. Can't even dig up vampire remains, because they never die naturally, and when they are killed, they turn to dust and blow away. :idunno:

 

[BillyBob]

So where do you guys think bats came from?

Proto-bats.