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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. current ice age begins






3. First deer.






4. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






5. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






7. Paranthropus evolve.






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






9. Neanderthals evolve.






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






11. Gastornis evolves.






12. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






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






15. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






17. Gastornis evolves.






18. First creodonts.






19. First Nimravids.






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






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






22. Paranthropus evolve.






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






24. Insects diversify.First large horses.






25. Paraceratherium evolves.






26. Whales return to the water.






27. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






28. First Nimravids.






29. Australopithecines go extinct.






30. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






31. First bats.






32. First creodonts.






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






34. Yellowstone caldera erupts






35. Cats evolve.






36. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






39. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






40. Emergence of the first true elephants.






41. Australopithecines go extinct.






42. Australopithecines diversify.






43. First bats.






44. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






45. 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.






46. The mammoth appears.






47. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






48. First members of the Hominini tribe.






49. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






50. First members of the Hominini tribe.