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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First members of the Hominini tribe.






2. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






3. Gastornis evolves.






4. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






5. Australopithecines diversify.






6. Whales return to the water.






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






8. current ice age begins






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






10. First members of the Hominini tribe.






11. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






15. Australopithecines go extinct.






16. First deer.






17. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






19. First creodonts.






20. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






21. Paraceratherium evolves.






22. 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.






23. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






24. Paranthropus evolve.






25. First Nimravids.






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






27. Whales return to the water.






28. Paraceratherium evolves.






29. The mammoth appears.






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






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






32. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






33. current ice age begins






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






35. Emergence of the first true elephants.






36. Yellowstone caldera erupts






37. 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 -






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






39. Cats evolve.






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






41. Gastornis evolves.






42. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






45. Australopithecines diversify.






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






47. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






48. The mammoth appears.






49. Insects diversify.First large horses.






50. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.