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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






4. Insects diversify.First large horses.






5. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






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






8. 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.






9. Australopithecines go extinct.






10. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






11. 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 -






12. Cats evolve.






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






14. Gastornis evolves.






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






16. First bats.






17. First members of the Hominini tribe.






18. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






19. Australopithecines diversify.






20. First bats.






21. Whales return to the water.






22. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






24. First Nimravids.






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






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






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






28. First deer.






29. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






30. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






32. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






33. First creodonts.






34. Whales return to the water.






35. Neanderthals evolve.






36. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






38. First deer.






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






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






41. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






42. Yellowstone caldera erupts






43. The mammoth appears.






44. Paranthropus evolve.






45. current ice age begins






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






47. First creodonts.






48. current ice age begins






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






50. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus