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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. Cats evolve.






3. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






5. The mammoth appears.






6. Whales return to the water.






7. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






8. Cats evolve.






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






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






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






12. First Nimravids.






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






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






15. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






17. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






18. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






19. current ice age begins






20. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






21. Paraceratherium evolves.






22. First creodonts.






23. Australopithecines diversify.






24. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






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






28. Emergence of the first true elephants.






29. current ice age begins






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






31. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






32. Whales return to the water.






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






34. The mammoth appears.






35. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






36. Neanderthals evolve.






37. Neanderthals evolve.






38. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






40. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






42. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






43. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






44. Paranthropus evolve.






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






46. First bats.






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






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






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






50. Gastornis evolves.







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