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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Whales return to the water.






2. Paranthropus evolve.






3. First creodonts.






4. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






5. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






7. The mammoth appears.






8. First creodonts.






9. Paraceratherium evolves.






10. Gastornis evolves.






11. The mammoth appears.






12. Insects diversify.First large horses.






13. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






16. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






17. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






18. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






19. Neanderthals evolve.






20. Emergence of the first true elephants.






21. Cats evolve.






22. 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 -






23. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






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






27. Whales return to the water.






28. Cats evolve.






29. Insects diversify.First large horses.






30. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






31. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






33. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






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






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






37. Emergence of the first true elephants.






38. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






39. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






41. current ice age begins






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






43. Paranthropus evolve.






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






45. First bats.






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






47. Australopithecines go extinct.






48. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






49. First Nimravids.






50. First bats.