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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






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






6. Paranthropus evolve.






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






8. Insects diversify.First large horses.






9. current ice age begins






10. Gastornis evolves.






11. 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.






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






13. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






14. Paraceratherium evolves.






15. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






16. First Nimravids.






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






18. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






19. Australopithecines go extinct.






20. Neanderthals evolve.






21. First bats.






22. The mammoth appears.






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






24. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






25. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






27. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






29. 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 -






30. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






32. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






35. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






36. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






38. Australopithecines diversify.






39. First bats.






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






41. Australopithecines go extinct.






42. current ice age begins






43. Paranthropus evolve.






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






45. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






46. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






47. Emergence of the first true elephants.






48. Yellowstone caldera erupts






49. First deer.






50. First members of the Hominini tribe.