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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






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






4. Cats evolve.






5. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






6. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






8. Insects diversify.First large horses.






9. First creodonts.






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






11. Paranthropus evolve.






12. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






14. Gastornis evolves.






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






16. Australopithecines go extinct.






17. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






18. 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.






19. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






20. Neanderthals evolve.






21. First bats.






22. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






24. current ice age begins






25. Insects diversify.First large horses.






26. The mammoth appears.






27. 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 -






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






29. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






31. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






33. Gastornis evolves.






34. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






35. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






37. First Nimravids.






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






39. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






41. Paraceratherium evolves.






42. Paraceratherium evolves.






43. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






44. Whales return to the water.






45. First deer.






46. First Nimravids.






47. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






49. Whales return to the water.






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