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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Cats evolve.






2. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






4. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






6. Gastornis evolves.






7. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






9. Australopithecines go extinct.






10. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






12. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






14. current ice age begins






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






16. Yellowstone caldera erupts






17. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






20. First members of the Hominini tribe.






21. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






22. First Nimravids.






23. Emergence of the first true elephants.






24. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






25. The mammoth appears.






26. The mammoth appears.






27. Neanderthals evolve.






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






29. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






30. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






31. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






32. Neanderthals evolve.






33. First creodonts.






34. 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 -






35. Cats evolve.






36. First creodonts.






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






38. Australopithecines go extinct.






39. Whales return to the water.






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






41. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






42. Gastornis evolves.






43. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






45. First deer.






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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