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Barn owl ancestors flew across the Atlantic to colonize the Americas

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Lead research institution for the barn owl study

A genomic study reported in Nature on October 27 says barn owl ancestors flew over the Atlantic from Eurasia. They landed in the Caribbean first and only later spread onto both American continents.

Updated Oct 30