The remaining simians (catarrhines) split about 25 million years ago into Cercopithecidae and apes (including humans).

[5] Strong genetic evidence for this is that five SINEs are common to all haplorhines whilst absent in strepsirrhines — even one being coincidental between tarsiers and simians would be quite unlikely.

[8] Primatology, paleoanthropology, and other related fields are split on their usage of the synonymous infraorder names, Simiiformes and Anthropoidea.

The earliest African anthropoid fossils appear in sites across northern Africa, including Algeria, Libya, and Egypt.

This dispersal before Africa and Asia were connected by land was aided by size, Asian monsoons, and river systems.

Tarsiiformes Muangthanhinius (†32 Mya) Gatanthropus micros (†30) Bugtilemur (†29) Ekgmowechashala (†) Eosimias (†40) Phenacopithecus (†42) Bahinia [fr] (†32) Nosmips aenigmaticus (†37) Phileosimias (†28) Amphipithecidae (†35) Parapithecidae (†30) Proteopithecidae (†34) Perupithecus (†) Chilecebus (†20) Tremacebus (†20) Homunculus (†16) Dolichocebus (†20) Branisella (†26) Crown Platyrrhini (New World Monkeys) Catarrhini Usually the Ekgmowechashalidae are considered to be Strepsirrhini, not Haplorhini.

[18] In 2020 papers, the Proteopithecidae are part of the Parapithecoidea,[16][16] and Nosmips aenigmaticus (previously in Eosimidae[14]) is a basal simian.

crown simians) Dolichocebus annectens and Parvimico materdei would normally, given their South American location and their age and other factors, be considered Platyrrhini.