Figure 4. Primate retrotransposon-based phylogenetic Tree.

Illustrated is a phylogenetic cladogram of primates that is supported by retrotransposon markers. Where possible, we show resolution up to the species level. The core of the cladogram (indicted in white) was reconstructed from a recent review in the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology.⁹¹ More detailed information on the species level has been integrated for Hominidae (green)¹⁰⁹ and Cercopithecidae with Cercopithecinae and Colobinae (yellow)¹⁰⁷, Macaca (blue)¹⁰², and Cercopithecini (guenon, red).¹⁰⁸ Three platyrrhine branching events (shown by an asterisk) were resolved by Osterholz et al.¹⁰⁶ We followed the nomenclature of Groves’ Primate Taxonomy.³