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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. The mammoth appears.






4. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






7. First creodonts.






8. Insects diversify.First large horses.






9. Australopithecines diversify.






10. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






11. Whales return to the water.






12. Australopithecines go extinct.






13. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






15. Cats evolve.






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






17. First creodonts.






18. Paranthropus evolve.






19. Paranthropus evolve.






20. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






21. Emergence of the first true elephants.






22. Emergence of the first true elephants.






23. First deer.






24. 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.






25. Australopithecines go extinct.






26. current ice age begins






27. First members of the Hominini tribe.






28. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






29. Paraceratherium evolves.






30. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






31. 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 -






32. First deer.






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






34. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






35. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






36. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






37. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






38. current ice age begins






39. First Nimravids.






40. First bats.






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






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






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






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






45. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






47. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






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






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