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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Whales return to the water.






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






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






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






5. current ice age begins






6. First bats.






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






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






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






10. 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 -






11. Australopithecines go extinct.






12. Paranthropus evolve.






13. Insects diversify.First large horses.






14. Cats evolve.






15. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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






18. Neanderthals evolve.






19. Insects diversify.First large horses.






20. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






22. Whales return to the water.






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






24. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






25. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






26. Gastornis evolves.






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






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






29. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






31. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






32. 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 -






33. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






34. Australopithecines diversify.






35. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






38. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






39. Gastornis evolves.






40. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






41. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






42. Paraceratherium evolves.






43. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






44. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






46. First deer.






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






48. Australopithecines go extinct.






49. First Nimravids.






50. The mammoth appears.