Monkeys reached Americas about 36 million years ago
Peruvian fossils suggest ancient African primates somehow crossed the ocean
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OLD TIES Roughly 36-million-year-old primates from Peru and Libya (rough reconstructions shown) display similarities that, like fossils of these creatures, denote a spread of ancient primates from Africa to South America. Red dots show fossil sites.
Ron Blakey