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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First deer.






2. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






4. current ice age begins






5. First Nimravids.






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






7. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






8. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






9. Australopithecines diversify.






10. Australopithecines go extinct.






11. First bats.






12. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






13. 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 -






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






15. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






16. Gastornis evolves.






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






18. Yellowstone caldera erupts






19. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






21. The mammoth appears.






22. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






23. Whales return to the water.






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






25. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






26. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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






29. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






30. current ice age begins






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






32. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






34. First deer.






35. Gastornis evolves.






36. Neanderthals evolve.






37. Paranthropus evolve.






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






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






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 creodonts.






42. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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. Insects diversify.First large horses.






46. Whales return to the water.






47. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






49. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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