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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






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






4. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






5. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






6. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






8. current ice age begins






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






10. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






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






13. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






14. Cats evolve.






15. current ice age begins






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






17. Insects diversify.First large horses.






18. The mammoth appears.






19. 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.






20. 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 -






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






22. Paraceratherium evolves.






23. First members of the Hominini tribe.






24. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






26. Neanderthals evolve.






27. Insects diversify.First large horses.






28. Australopithecines diversify.






29. First bats.






30. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






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






33. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






34. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






36. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






37. Neanderthals evolve.






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






39. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






40. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






43. Australopithecines go extinct.






44. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






45. Gastornis evolves.






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






47. First Nimravids.






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






49. Whales return to the water.






50. Paranthropus evolve.