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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. Paranthropus evolve.






3. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






4. First bats.






5. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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






8. Paranthropus evolve.






9. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






10. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






16. Australopithecines go extinct.






17. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






19. First deer.






20. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






22. First creodonts.






23. The mammoth appears.






24. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






27. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






28. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






29. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






31. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






33. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






34. First members of the Hominini tribe.






35. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






36. Whales return to the water.






37. Australopithecines diversify.






38. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






39. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






40. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






42. First bats.






43. Emergence of the first true elephants.






44. First creodonts.






45. 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 -






46. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






48. 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 -






49. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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