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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. Australopithecines diversify.






3. First deer.






4. First bats.






5. Yellowstone caldera erupts






6. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






8. First creodonts.






9. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






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






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






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






14. First bats.






15. Paraceratherium evolves.






16. Insects diversify.First large horses.






17. Whales return to the water.






18. The mammoth appears.






19. The mammoth appears.






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






21. current ice age begins






22. First Nimravids.






23. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






24. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






25. current ice age begins






26. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






28. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






29. First members of the Hominini tribe.






30. Cats evolve.






31. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






32. Australopithecines diversify.






33. Gastornis evolves.






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






35. Neanderthals evolve.






36. Emergence of the first true elephants.






37. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






38. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






40. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






41. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






42. 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 -






43. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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






46. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






48. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






50. Paranthropus evolve.