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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






3. The mammoth appears.






4. Neanderthals evolve.






5. The mammoth appears.






6. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






8. current ice age begins






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






10. Australopithecines diversify.






11. First bats.






12. First creodonts.






13. Neanderthals evolve.






14. First deer.






15. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






17. Whales return to the water.






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






19. Whales return to the water.






20. Emergence of the first true elephants.






21. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






22. Cats evolve.






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






24. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






25. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






26. 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.






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






28. Australopithecines go extinct.






29. Insects diversify.First large horses.






30. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






32. Australopithecines diversify.






33. Paranthropus evolve.






34. First creodonts.






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






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






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






38. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






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






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






42. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






43. Yellowstone caldera erupts






44. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






48. Gastornis evolves.






49. First Nimravids.






50. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus