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Cenozoic History Timeline
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1. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.
0.79 Ma
1.2 Ma
1.5 Ma
50 Ma
2. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus
4.8 Ma
1.2 Ma
2.6 Ma
4.5 Ma
3. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus
4.5 Ma
20 Ma
36 Ma
2.7 Ma
4. Approximate age of Canis lupus. Middle Stone Age begins in Africa. Gigantopithecus evolves.
28 Ma
55 Ma
0.3 Ma
1.5 Ma
5. 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 -
20 Ma
26 Ma
63 Ma
55 Ma
6. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.
56 Ma
60 Ma
20 Ma
30 Ma
7. Paraceratherium evolves.
28 Ma
37 Ma
5.5 Ma
2.6 Ma
8. First bats.
40 Ma
24 Ma
52 Ma
18-12 Ma
9. current ice age begins
2.6 Ma
4.8 Ma
63 Ma
52 Ma
10. Middle Paleolithic begins. Appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa
63 Ma
34 Ma
55 Ma
0.2 Ma
11. Gastornis evolves.
3 Ma
60 Ma
30 Ma
56 Ma
12. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.
0.64 Ma
30 Ma
3 Ma
30 Ma
13. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus
34 Ma
0.3 Ma
55 Ma
5.5 Ma
14. Australopithecines go extinct.
0.64 Ma
24 Ma
1.7 Ma
4.8 Ma
15. Grasslands first appear. Glyptodonts - ground sloths - peccaries - dogs - eagles - and hawks evolve.
40 Ma
50 Ma
4.5 Ma
35 Ma
16. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus
4.8 Ma
5.5 Ma
30 Ma
3 Ma
17. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.
6 Ma
36 Ma
1.2 Ma
28 Ma
18. The mammoth appears.
4.8 Ma
25 Ma
1.2 Ma
37 Ma
19. First creodonts.
63 Ma
2.6 Ma
35 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
20. Earliest demonstrable evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
2.7 Ma
0.79 Ma
28 Ma
5 Ma
21. Age of the Catarrhini parvorder; first canines evolve. Lepidopteran insects become recognizable. Gastornis goes extinct. Basilosaurus evolves.
52 Ma
5 Ma
1.2 Ma
40 Ma
22. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.
24 Ma
34 Ma
3 Ma
63 Ma
23. Brontotheres go extinct. Pigs evolve. South America separates from Antarctica - becoming an island continent.
0.6 Ma
30 Ma
4.8 Ma
55 Ma
24. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.
33 Ma
0.35 Ma
0.64 Ma
36 Ma
25. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus
4.5 Ma
0.79 Ma
0.5 Ma
56 Ma
26. Grasslands first appear. Glyptodonts - ground sloths - peccaries - dogs - eagles - and hawks evolve.
28 Ma
26 Ma
36 Ma
35 Ma
27. Estimated age of the Hominidae/Hylobatidae (great apes vs. gibbons) split.
18-12 Ma
36 Ma
0.35 Ma
50 Ma
28. Approximate age of Canis lupus. Middle Stone Age begins in Africa. Gigantopithecus evolves.
0.3 Ma
25 Ma
2.7 Ma
3 Ma
29. First deer.
49 Ma
25 Ma
36 Ma
2.5 Ma
30. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.
28 Ma
33 Ma
35 Ma
0.79 Ma
31. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus
63 Ma
25 Ma
33 Ma
0.5 Ma
32. 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 -
1.5 Ma
55 Ma
2.7 Ma
63 Ma
33. Whales return to the water.
49 Ma
50 Ma
26 Ma
2.6 Ma
34. Neanderthals evolve.
52 Ma
0.35 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
24 Ma
35. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.
0.7 Ma
0.6 Ma
5 Ma
4.8 Ma
36. Whales return to the water.
0.7 Ma
49 Ma
4.8 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
37. Cats evolve.
0.3 Ma
6.5 Ma
36 Ma
34 Ma
38. Earliest demonstrable evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
0.79 Ma
63 Ma
4.5 Ma
52 Ma
39. Africa collides with Eurasia - closing the Tethys Sea. Divergence of cat and dog ancestors. Primates diversify. Brontotheres - tapirs - rhinos - and camels evolve.
0.3 Ma
15 Ma
50 Ma
2.6 Ma
40. First Nimravids.
35 Ma
5.5 Ma
37 Ma
2.7 Ma
41. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.
4.5 Ma
52 Ma
1.2 Ma
0.79 Ma
42. Insects diversify.First large horses.
10 Ma
0.79 Ma
0.2 Ma
20 Ma
43. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field
5.5 Ma
0.7 Ma
49 Ma
25 Ma
44. 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.
4.8 Ma
2.5 Ma
4.5 Ma
0.35 Ma
45. Australopithecines go extinct.
1.7 Ma
35 Ma
2.5 Ma
50 Ma
46. Africa collides with Eurasia - closing the Tethys Sea. Divergence of cat and dog ancestors. Primates diversify. Brontotheres - tapirs - rhinos - and camels evolve.
50 Ma
5 Ma
2.7 Ma
26 Ma
47. Paranthropus evolve.
0.6 Ma
2.7 Ma
28 Ma
0.79 Ma
48. Yellowstone caldera erupts
0.64 Ma
60 Ma
0.6 Ma
35 Ma
49. Paraceratherium evolves.
26 Ma
50 Ma
20 Ma
28 Ma
50. Evolution of the first primates and miacids. Flightless birds diversify.
5.4-6.3 Ma
28 Ma
60 Ma
3 Ma