New World Monkey origins

[juju]

Originally posted by Undertoad
Well, the canary islands are kinda in the zone there, and if the continents were in different locations they could provide a mid-point for a for a few tens of thousands of years until it could make the final leap.

That's possible.

According the linked article: "tropical large rivers and lakes with an access to the ocean are likely places of floating island growth, and these kinds of rivers and lakes are rarely found on small oceanic islands".

So, it seems unlikely (though, so does this whole scenario).