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