Table 4. A comparison of mean divergence dates for select nodes in the present study and previous studies. Dates are in millions of years.
| Clade | This study | Meredithet al. [22] | Perelmanet al. [12] | Fabreet al. [3] | Chatterjeeet al. [15] | Steiper andYoung [83] |
| Primates | 67.8 | 71.5 | 87.2 | 82.2 | 63.7 | 77.5 |
| Strepsirrhini | 54.2 | 55.1 | 68.7 | 71.9 | 51.6 | 57.1 |
| Lemuriformes+Chiromyiformes | 50.0 | 51.6 | 58.6 | 63.3 | 46.2 | NI |
| Lemuriformes | 31.8 | 29.6 | 38.6 | 44.8 | 32.4 | 40.9 |
| Lorisiformes | 34.7 | 35.4 | 40.3 | 40.9 | 37.5 | NI |
| Haplorhini | 61.2 | 62.4 | 81.3 | 74.5 | NI | NI |
| Simiiformes | 40.6 | 30.1 | 43.5 | 39.8 | 42.8 | 42.9 |
| Catarrhini | 25.1 | 20.6 | 31.6 | 25.0 | 29.3 | 30.5 |
| Hominoidea | 17.4 | 14.4 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 21.5 | NI |
| Hominidae | 15.1 | NA | 16.5 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 18.3 |
| Homininae | 8.0 | NA | 8.3 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 8.6 |
| Homo+Pan | 6.7 | NA | 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
| Cercopithecoidea | 13.2 | NA | 17.6 | 14.5 | 23.4 | NI |
| Colobinae | 8.9 | NA | 12.3 | 9.6 | 18.4 | NI |
| Cercopithecinae | 8.4 | NA | 11.5 | 10.5 | NA | 9.9 |
| Platyrrhini | 23.3 | 14.6 | 24.8 | 15.9 | 26.6 | 20.8 |
NI, divergence date not included in study.