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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Paranthropus evolve.






2. First Nimravids.






3. Australopithecines diversify.






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






5. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






6. Yellowstone caldera erupts






7. Cats evolve.






8. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






10. current ice age begins






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






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






13. The mammoth appears.






14. Australopithecines go extinct.






15. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






16. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






19. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






20. Whales return to the water.






21. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






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






24. Gastornis evolves.






25. Neanderthals evolve.






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






27. First deer.






28. First members of the Hominini tribe.






29. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






30. 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 -






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






32. Cats evolve.






33. Emergence of the first true elephants.






34. First deer.






35. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






37. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






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






41. Australopithecines go extinct.






42. First creodonts.






43. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






44. Paraceratherium evolves.






45. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






46. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






47. Paranthropus evolve.






48. Insects diversify.First large horses.






49. 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.






50. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.