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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






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






4. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






6. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






9. The mammoth appears.






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






11. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






12. Gastornis evolves.






13. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






15. Paranthropus evolve.






16. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






17. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






18. Emergence of the first true elephants.






19. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






21. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






22. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






23. 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.






24. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






25. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






26. First Nimravids.






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






28. First Nimravids.






29. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






30. Insects diversify.First large horses.






31. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






33. Australopithecines diversify.






34. First deer.






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






36. Cats evolve.






37. First bats.






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






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






40. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






41. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






42. 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.






43. First deer.






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






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






46. 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 -






47. current ice age begins






48. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






49. Paranthropus evolve.






50. Australopithecines go extinct.