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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First deer.






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






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






4. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






5. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






6. The mammoth appears.






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. Whales return to the water.






10. First bats.






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






12. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






13. The mammoth appears.






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






15. First members of the Hominini tribe.






16. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






18. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






19. Australopithecines go extinct.






20. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






22. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






23. current ice age begins






24. Cats evolve.






25. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






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






28. First deer.






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






30. 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 -






31. Paranthropus evolve.






32. Australopithecines go extinct.






33. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






34. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






35. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






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






38. Emergence of the first true elephants.






39. 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.






40. Insects diversify.First large horses.






41. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






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






44. Paranthropus evolve.






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






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






47. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






48. Australopithecines diversify.






49. 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.






50. First Nimravids.