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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






3. Grasslands first appear. Glyptodonts - ground sloths - peccaries - dogs - eagles - and hawks evolve.






4. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






5. current ice age begins






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






7. Age of the Catarrhini parvorder; first canines evolve. Lepidopteran insects become recognizable. Gastornis goes extinct. Basilosaurus evolves.






8. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






9. Gastornis evolves.






10. Emergence of the first true elephants.






11. First bats.






12. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






13. Australopithecines go extinct.






14. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






15. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






16. Estimated age of the Homo/Pan (human vs. chimpanzee) split.






17. 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 -






18. Australopithecines go extinct.






19. Neanderthals evolve.






20. Whales return to the water.






21. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






22. First Nimravids.






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






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






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






26. First bats.






27. Estimated age of the Homo/Pan (human vs. chimpanzee) split.






28. Age of the Catarrhini parvorder; first canines evolve. Lepidopteran insects become recognizable. Gastornis goes extinct. Basilosaurus evolves.






29. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






30. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






31. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






32. Approximate age of Canis lupus. Middle Stone Age begins in Africa. Gigantopithecus evolves.






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






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






35. First creodonts.






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






37. First deer.






38. Yellowstone caldera erupts






39. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






40. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






41. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






42. Paranthropus evolve.






43. Australopithecines diversify.






44. 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 -






45. 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.






46. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






47. The mammoth appears.






48. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






50. Australopithecines diversify.