In this paper, evolution and dispersal scenario of the mulatta group proposed by Fooden and Albrecht (1999) was tested and examined. Complex genetic structure found in the east China suggested that a southward dispersal did occur in the past. However, the age of dispersal should be dated to a more ancient past instead of during the LGM. Genetic divergences among species in the mulatta group also suggested that there were no population colonization into Taiwan and Japan during the LGM. According to the similar pattern of mismatch distribution between M. mulatta and M. cyclopis, Macaca species might experience similar population histories during late Pleistocene.