Pleistocene Primates

Pleistocene primates are broadly similar to living forms and fossils have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Madagascar, the Greater Antilles, and South America. Nonetheless, most species known from the Pleistocene are extinct, as are the majority of genera. While many species are similar in size to living forms, most are larger, with the largest known strepsirhine, platyrrhine, Old World monkey, and ape all from the Pleistocene. It is also apparent that large forms were much more likely to go extinct at the end of the Pleistocene than were their smaller close relatives.