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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






2. Insects diversify.First large horses.






3. Neanderthals evolve.






4. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






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






8. Neanderthals evolve.






9. 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 -






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






11. Australopithecines go extinct.






12. Cats evolve.






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






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






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






16. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






18. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






19. Paranthropus evolve.






20. Whales return to the water.






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






22. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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






25. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






27. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






28. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






29. Cats evolve.






30. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






31. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






32. First bats.






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






34. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






36. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






37. 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.






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






39. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






41. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






42. current ice age begins






43. Yellowstone caldera erupts






44. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






45. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






47. First Nimravids.






48. Gastornis evolves.






49. Paraceratherium evolves.






50. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.