An enigma for evolutionary theory. The origin of bats

Igor Popov

Resumen


The rain forests of Southern Asia, those with the highest sparse arboreal tier, point to an environment in which the evolution of bat ancestors could have taken place. In these forests, gliding animals originated several times. The use of comparative methods have reached a dead end in the reconstruction of bat phylogenies, while biogeographic research turned out to be in this case promising. In the context of different evolutionary concepts, the “enigma” comes about with the problem of explaining the “tendencies” or “regularities” of the variations. This problem is stated clearly within the conceptual framework of directed evolution (orthogenesis).

 

Key words: Bats, rain forests, caves, biogeography, phylogeny, orthogenesis, Darwinism, punctualism, Lamarckism.

 


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