Test your basic knowledge |

Cenozoic History Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Age of the Catarrhini parvorder; first canines evolve. Lepidopteran insects become recognizable. Gastornis goes extinct. Basilosaurus evolves.






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






3. Cats evolve.






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






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






6. First creodonts.






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






8. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






9. Neanderthals evolve.






10. First bats.






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






12. Australopithecines diversify.






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






14. 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.






15. First bats.






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






17. First Nimravids.






18. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






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






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






23. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






24. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






25. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






26. Emergence of the first true elephants.






27. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






29. Paranthropus evolve.






30. Emergence of the first true elephants.






31. Yellowstone caldera erupts






32. Whales return to the water.






33. Gastornis evolves.






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






35. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






36. Australopithecines go extinct.






37. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






38. Cats evolve.






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. Insects diversify.First large horses.






42. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






43. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






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






46. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






47. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






48. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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