Another Ancient Primate Lineage Sailed to South America

Amazing stuff!

Excerpt from the lyrics of the Commodores song Sail On:
"Sail on down the line
Bout a half a mile or so
And don't really wanna know
Where you're going ... "

"Primates arose 85–55 million years ago first as plesiadapiformes[2] from small terrestrial mammals (Primatomorpha), which adapted to living in the trees of tropical forests ..." (Source)
This suggests, within a geological short span of time of only 20-50 million years, the first primates arrived in the New World!

"... In 2015, scientists announced the recovery of primate teeth from animals that lived 36 million years ago in the Peruvian Amazon basin believed to have been the ancestors of New World monkeys. With no fossil evidence of these primates in Europe, North America, or even Antarctica, it appears they did not take the scenic route from Africa, but rather, a more direct path across the sea.

Now, four fossilized molars dating back 32–35 million years ago have been found in Peru near the same site and hint that there was a second set of primates to sail across the Atlantic. These ancient primates, known as Ucayalipithecus perdita, likely came from Africa. ... "

Another Ancient Primate Lineage Sailed to South America | The Scientist Magazine®: A new fossil discovery indicates a second primate group also traversed the Atlantic millions of years ago on a raft of vegetation.