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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Insects diversify.First large horses.






2. Whales return to the water.






3. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






4. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






5. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






6. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






7. The mammoth appears.






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Australopithecines go extinct.






15. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






16. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






17. Yellowstone caldera erupts






18. First bats.






19. Cats evolve.






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






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






22. Gastornis evolves.






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






24. current ice age begins






25. Paraceratherium evolves.






26. First creodonts.






27. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






28. First deer.






29. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






31. First creodonts.






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






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






34. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






36. Cats evolve.






37. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






40. Emergence of the first true elephants.






41. Neanderthals evolve.






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






43. The mammoth appears.






44. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






46. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






47. Gastornis evolves.






48. 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 -






49. Paranthropus evolve.






50. 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.