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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Gastornis evolves.






2. current ice age begins






3. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.






4. Earliest possible evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus






5. Cats evolve.






6. Cats evolve.






7. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.






8. The island of theIndian subcontinent collides with Asia - thrusting up the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau. Many modern bird groups appear.First whale ancestors.First rodents - lagomorphs - armadillos - sirenians - proboscideans - perissodactyls -






9. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






10. First deer.






11. Earliest possible evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus






12. The mammoth appears.






13. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






14. Gastornis evolves.






15. Brontotheres go extinct. Pigs evolve. South America separates from Antarctica - becoming an island continent.






16. Africa collides with Eurasia - closing the Tethys Sea. Divergence of cat and dog ancestors. Primates diversify. Brontotheres - tapirs - rhinos - and camels evolve.






17. Australopithecines diversify.






18. Emergence of the first true elephants.






19. Evolution of the first primates and miacids. Flightless birds diversify.






20. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






21. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






22. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






23. Yellowstone caldera erupts






24. First mastodons - bovids - and kangaroos. Australian megafauna diversify.






25. First creodonts.






26. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






27. Brontotheres go extinct. Pigs evolve. South America separates from Antarctica - becoming an island continent.






28. Whales return to the water.






29. First deer.






30. start of the Pleistocene epoch - the Stone Age and the current Quaternary period; emergence of the genus Homo. Smilodon - the best known of the sabre-toothed cats - appears.






31. Africa collides with Eurasia - closing the Tethys Sea. Divergence of cat and dog ancestors. Primates diversify. Brontotheres - tapirs - rhinos - and camels evolve.






32. Yellowstone caldera erupts






33. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






34. Pliocene epoch begins.First tree sloths and hippopotami.First large vultures. Nimravids go extinct.






35. First members of the Hominini tribe.






36. Middle Paleolithic begins. Appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa






37. Earliest demonstrable evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus






38. Estimated age of the Hominidae/Hylobatidae (great apes vs. gibbons) split.






39. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






40. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






41. First members of the Hominini tribe.






42. Australopithecines diversify.






43. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






44. Pliocene epoch begins.First tree sloths and hippopotami.First large vultures. Nimravids go extinct.






45. Estimated age of the Hominidae/Hylobatidae (great apes vs. gibbons) split.






46. Whales return to the water.






47. Paranthropus evolve.






48. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






49. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






50. current ice age begins