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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. 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 -






2. 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 -






3. Gastornis evolves.






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






5. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






6. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






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






9. Australopithecines go extinct.






10. Emergence of the first true elephants.






11. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






12. First deer.






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






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






15. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






16. 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.






17. Yellowstone caldera erupts






18. Paranthropus evolve.






19. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






20. Gastornis evolves.






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






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






23. current ice age begins






24. Paranthropus evolve.






25. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






26. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






28. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






29. Whales return to the water.






30. Neanderthals evolve.






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






32. First members of the Hominini tribe.






33. Cats evolve.






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






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






36. Emergence of the first true elephants.






37. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






40. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






41. First Nimravids.






42. First bats.






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






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






45. The mammoth appears.






46. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






48. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






49. First creodonts.






50. current ice age begins