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Cenozoic History Timeline
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1. First Nimravids.
37 Ma
0.79 Ma
26 Ma
0.79 Ma
2. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field
34 Ma
0.7 Ma
18-12 Ma
50 Ma
3. The mammoth appears.
0.2 Ma
4.8 Ma
0.6 Ma
5 Ma
4. First creodonts.
4.8 Ma
63 Ma
25 Ma
15 Ma
5. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.
1.2 Ma
0.3 Ma
0.5 Ma
10 Ma
6. Yellowstone caldera erupts
34 Ma
1.7 Ma
0.64 Ma
1.5 Ma
7. First Nimravids.
10 Ma
37 Ma
1.7 Ma
49 Ma
8. Whales return to the water.
1.7 Ma
49 Ma
52 Ma
6.5 Ma
9. Africa collides with Eurasia - closing the Tethys Sea. Divergence of cat and dog ancestors. Primates diversify. Brontotheres - tapirs - rhinos - and camels evolve.
0.35 Ma
50 Ma
0.3 Ma
33 Ma
10. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.
0.2 Ma
0.35 Ma
0.79 Ma
20 Ma
11. Middle Paleolithic begins. Appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa
20 Ma
0.7 Ma
0.2 Ma
40 Ma
12. Estimated age of the Homo/Pan (human vs. chimpanzee) split.
5.4-6.3 Ma
0.64 Ma
2.5 Ma
0.3 Ma
13. current ice age begins
2.6 Ma
37 Ma
33 Ma
6 Ma
14. Pliocene epoch begins.First tree sloths and hippopotami.First large vultures. Nimravids go extinct.
5 Ma
20 Ma
6.5 Ma
49 Ma
15. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.
52 Ma
33 Ma
1.5 Ma
40 Ma
16. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field
4.5 Ma
0.7 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
10 Ma
17. First creodonts.
26 Ma
63 Ma
36 Ma
0.3 Ma
18. First members of the Hominini tribe.
63 Ma
6.5 Ma
0.35 Ma
25 Ma
19. Age of the Catarrhini parvorder; first canines evolve. Lepidopteran insects become recognizable. Gastornis goes extinct. Basilosaurus evolves.
2.5 Ma
1.2 Ma
0.79 Ma
40 Ma
20. 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.
5.5 Ma
1.7 Ma
2.5 Ma
26 Ma
21. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin
0.35 Ma
50 Ma
3 Ma
24 Ma
22. Approximate age of Canis lupus. Middle Stone Age begins in Africa. Gigantopithecus evolves.
1.5 Ma
20 Ma
0.3 Ma
6.5 Ma
23. First deer.
50 Ma
26 Ma
25 Ma
0.79 Ma
24. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.
0.7 Ma
2.6 Ma
3 Ma
56 Ma
25. The mammoth appears.
2.7 Ma
4.5 Ma
4.8 Ma
26 Ma
26. Earliest possible evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
1.5 Ma
55 Ma
40 Ma
4.8 Ma
27. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.
26 Ma
2.6 Ma
1.2 Ma
6.5 Ma
28. Grasslands first appear. Glyptodonts - ground sloths - peccaries - dogs - eagles - and hawks evolve.
0.6 Ma
35 Ma
0.3 Ma
50 Ma
29. Whales return to the water.
0.7 Ma
49 Ma
6.5 Ma
0.35 Ma
30. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.
1.2 Ma
20 Ma
18-12 Ma
49 Ma
31. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin
6.5 Ma
0.5 Ma
24 Ma
56 Ma
32. Middle Paleolithic begins. Appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa
0.2 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
0.35 Ma
56 Ma
33. Australopithecines go extinct.
24 Ma
1.7 Ma
37 Ma
4.8 Ma
34. Paraceratherium evolves.
0.64 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
50 Ma
28 Ma
35. Paranthropus evolve.
28 Ma
40 Ma
2.6 Ma
2.7 Ma
36. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus
3 Ma
6 Ma
1.7 Ma
4.5 Ma
37. Insects diversify.First large horses.
33 Ma
36 Ma
10 Ma
0.3 Ma
38. Brontotheres go extinct. Pigs evolve. South America separates from Antarctica - becoming an island continent.
63 Ma
1.2 Ma
25 Ma
30 Ma
39. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus
0.3 Ma
0.5 Ma
52 Ma
34 Ma
40. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus
0.64 Ma
0.64 Ma
5.5 Ma
5 Ma
41. Yellowstone caldera erupts
60 Ma
50 Ma
0.64 Ma
2.7 Ma
42. current ice age begins
2.5 Ma
2.6 Ma
0.79 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
43. Australopithecines diversify.
18-12 Ma
6 Ma
0.64 Ma
0.2 Ma
44. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus
2.5 Ma
2.6 Ma
0.6 Ma
5.5 Ma
45. Estimated age of the Hominidae/Hylobatidae (great apes vs. gibbons) split.
6 Ma
60 Ma
18-12 Ma
26 Ma
46. Earliest demonstrable evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
35 Ma
0.79 Ma
49 Ma
1.7 Ma
47. 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 -
2.7 Ma
0.35 Ma
55 Ma
0.64 Ma
48. Africa collides with Eurasia - closing the Tethys Sea. Divergence of cat and dog ancestors. Primates diversify. Brontotheres - tapirs - rhinos - and camels evolve.
6 Ma
28 Ma
50 Ma
40 Ma
49. First mastodons - bovids - and kangaroos. Australian megafauna diversify.
63 Ma
15 Ma
37 Ma
6 Ma
50. 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.
55 Ma
2.5 Ma
24 Ma
34 Ma
