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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. Cats evolve.






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






4. current ice age begins






5. Whales return to the water.






6. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






7. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






8. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






10. First creodonts.






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






12. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






14. Australopithecines go extinct.






15. First Nimravids.






16. 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 -






17. Insects diversify.First large horses.






18. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






20. First Nimravids.






21. Yellowstone caldera erupts






22. Cats evolve.






23. Australopithecines go extinct.






24. Whales return to the water.






25. Paraceratherium evolves.






26. Emergence of the first true elephants.






27. Australopithecines diversify.






28. 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 -






29. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






31. Gastornis evolves.






32. Gastornis evolves.






33. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






34. First deer.






35. Paraceratherium evolves.






36. Australopithecines diversify.






37. current ice age begins






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






39. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






40. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






41. First creodonts.






42. Paranthropus evolve.






43. The mammoth appears.






44. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






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






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






48. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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