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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. The mammoth appears.






2. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






3. First creodonts.






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






5. Emergence of the first true elephants.






6. First deer.






7. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






9. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






10. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






12. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






13. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






15. current ice age begins






16. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






17. Insects diversify.First large horses.






18. First members of the Hominini tribe.






19. Cats evolve.






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






21. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






22. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






23. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






24. Insects diversify.First large horses.






25. Neanderthals evolve.






26. Whales return to the water.






27. Australopithecines go extinct.






28. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






29. Neanderthals evolve.






30. The mammoth appears.






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






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






33. First members of the Hominini tribe.






34. Paraceratherium evolves.






35. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






37. Paranthropus evolve.






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






39. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






40. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






42. Whales return to the water.






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






44. Australopithecines diversify.






45. First deer.






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






47. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






48. Gastornis evolves.






49. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






50. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.