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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First deer.






2. Whales return to the water.






3. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






4. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






5. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






6. Neanderthals evolve.






7. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






8. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






11. Paraceratherium evolves.






12. Whales return to the water.






13. Australopithecines diversify.






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






15. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






16. The mammoth appears.






17. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






18. Insects diversify.First large horses.






19. First bats.






20. First deer.






21. Cats evolve.






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






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






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






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






26. current ice age begins






27. First creodonts.






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






29. Gastornis evolves.






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






31. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






32. The mammoth appears.






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






34. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






35. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






36. First members of the Hominini tribe.






37. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






38. Neanderthals evolve.






39. 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.






40. Yellowstone caldera erupts






41. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






42. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






43. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






45. Australopithecines go extinct.






46. Yellowstone caldera erupts






47. 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 -






48. 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.






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






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