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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






2. Neanderthals evolve.






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






4. Gastornis evolves.






5. Australopithecines go extinct.






6. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






8. Neanderthals evolve.






9. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






12. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






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






15. First members of the Hominini tribe.






16. 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.






17. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






19. Cats evolve.






20. current ice age begins






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






22. The mammoth appears.






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






24. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






26. Gastornis evolves.






27. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






28. First creodonts.






29. current ice age begins






30. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






32. Whales return to the water.






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






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






35. Cats evolve.






36. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






37. The mammoth appears.






38. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






39. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






40. Emergence of the first true elephants.






41. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






42. Whales return to the water.






43. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






44. 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 -






45. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






46. Paraceratherium evolves.






47. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






49. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






50. Paranthropus evolve.