Test your basic knowledge |

Cenozoic History Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The mammoth appears.






2. Neanderthals evolve.






3. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






5. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






6. 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 -






7. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






8. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






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






11. current ice age begins






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






13. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






16. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






18. First deer.






19. Neanderthals evolve.






20. First deer.






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






22. Paranthropus evolve.






23. Paranthropus evolve.






24. Australopithecines diversify.






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






26. First Nimravids.






27. Whales return to the water.






28. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






29. Cats evolve.






30. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






31. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






32. Whales return to the water.






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






34. First members of the Hominini tribe.






35. First Nimravids.






36. 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 -






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






38. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






39. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






41. current ice age begins






42. Australopithecines diversify.






43. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






44. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






45. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






47. First bats.






48. Emergence of the first true elephants.






49. Cats evolve.






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