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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Paranthropus evolve.






2. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






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






6. Whales return to the water.






7. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






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






10. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






12. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






13. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






14. First deer.






15. Paranthropus evolve.






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






17. Cats evolve.






18. Yellowstone caldera erupts






19. First Nimravids.






20. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






21. The mammoth appears.






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






23. First creodonts.






24. First creodonts.






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






26. First bats.






27. Insects diversify.First large horses.






28. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






29. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






30. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






31. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






32. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






35. First Nimravids.






36. First members of the Hominini tribe.






37. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






38. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






39. current ice age begins






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






41. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






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






45. Australopithecines go extinct.






46. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






48. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






50. Gastornis evolves.