Deep TimeLife & Evolution Monkeys reach the Americas 35 million years agoNotable Primates rafting across the Atlantic found the New World monkeys. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Monkeys reach the Americas Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookAlan de QueirozThe Monkey's Voyage ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubehow monkeys reached South America ↗Editor's pick