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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. First members of the Hominini tribe.






3. First deer.






4. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






6. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






7. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






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






10. Cats evolve.






11. First members of the Hominini tribe.






12. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






13. Whales return to the water.






14. current ice age begins






15. Gastornis evolves.






16. 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 -






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






18. First creodonts.






19. 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 -






20. Yellowstone caldera erupts






21. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






22. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






23. Neanderthals evolve.






24. First Nimravids.






25. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






26. Australopithecines diversify.






27. current ice age begins






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






29. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






32. The mammoth appears.






33. Neanderthals evolve.






34. Australopithecines go extinct.






35. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






36. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






37. First bats.






38. Whales return to the water.






39. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






40. Paraceratherium evolves.






41. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






43. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. The mammoth appears.