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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First bats.






2. Australopithecines diversify.






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






4. First deer.






5. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






6. Australopithecines diversify.






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






8. Cats evolve.






9. Insects diversify.First large horses.






10. 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 -






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






12. 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 -






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






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






15. current ice age begins






16. First creodonts.






17. Paranthropus evolve.






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






19. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






20. 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.






21. The mammoth appears.






22. First deer.






23. First creodonts.






24. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






25. First bats.






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






27. Neanderthals evolve.






28. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






29. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






30. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






31. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






32. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






34. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






35. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






36. Whales return to the water.






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






38. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






39. Yellowstone caldera erupts






40. Cats evolve.






41. First Nimravids.






42. Paranthropus evolve.






43. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






44. Paraceratherium evolves.






45. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






46. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






48. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






50. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.