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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






2. Whales return to the water.






3. Cats evolve.






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






5. Gastornis evolves.






6. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






8. Australopithecines diversify.






9. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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






12. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






14. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






15. First Nimravids.






16. Cats evolve.






17. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






20. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






21. Emergence of the first true elephants.






22. First deer.






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






24. Australopithecines go extinct.






25. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






26. Emergence of the first true elephants.






27. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






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






30. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






31. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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






34. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






35. Insects diversify.First large horses.






36. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






38. Yellowstone caldera erupts






39. Paraceratherium evolves.






40. 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.






41. First members of the Hominini tribe.






42. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






45. 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 -






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






47. First bats.






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






49. Yellowstone caldera erupts






50. Australopithecines diversify.