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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






3. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






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






6. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






7. 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 -






8. Cats evolve.






9. First Nimravids.






10. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






11. The mammoth appears.






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






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






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






15. First members of the Hominini tribe.






16. 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 -






17. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






18. First creodonts.






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






20. Gastornis evolves.






21. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






23. Neanderthals evolve.






24. Whales return to the water.






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






26. Australopithecines go extinct.






27. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






28. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






29. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






30. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






31. Cats evolve.






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






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






34. Yellowstone caldera erupts






35. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






36. Australopithecines diversify.






37. Australopithecines diversify.






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






39. Paranthropus evolve.






40. Insects diversify.First large horses.






41. First creodonts.






42. The mammoth appears.






43. First deer.






44. Gastornis evolves.






45. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






47. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






49. First bats.






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