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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. current ice age begins






4. Cats evolve.






5. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






6. First deer.






7. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






10. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






12. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






15. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






18. Emergence of the first true elephants.






19. First creodonts.






20. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






21. current ice age begins






22. First creodonts.






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






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






25. Australopithecines go extinct.






26. First Nimravids.






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






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






29. Cats evolve.






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






31. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






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






34. 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.






35. Australopithecines diversify.






36. Yellowstone caldera erupts






37. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






38. Australopithecines diversify.






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






40. First bats.






41. First members of the Hominini tribe.






42. Paraceratherium evolves.






43. First Nimravids.






44. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






45. First deer.






46. Paranthropus evolve.






47. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






48. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






49. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






50. 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 -