Because monkeys evolved? Did animals evolve with them?

Question: Because monkeys evolved? Did animals evolve with them?
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  animal,
  evolve,
  monkey
Asked by anon-174143 to Alex, Carl, Melanie, Tim, Yewande on 20 Jun 2018.
- Alex Seeney answered on 20 Jun 2018:
  
  I don’t know whether they evolved at the same times as other animals, but it’s thought that primates date back to around 65 million years ago – so they have been evolving since then. This is quite a useful diagram:

Question: Because monkeys evolved? Did animals evolve with them?