Test your basic knowledge |

Cenozoic History Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.






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






3. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






4. current ice age begins






5. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






7. Whales return to the water.






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






9. The mammoth appears.






10. 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 -






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






12. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






14. Neanderthals evolve.






15. Paraceratherium evolves.






16. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






17. The mammoth appears.






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






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






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






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






22. current ice age begins






23. Whales return to the water.






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






25. First members of the Hominini tribe.






26. Cats evolve.






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






28. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






30. Australopithecines go extinct.






31. Australopithecines go extinct.






32. First creodonts.






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






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






35. Insects diversify.First large horses.






36. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






37. Australopithecines diversify.






38. 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.






39. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






40. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






42. First creodonts.






43. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






44. Paraceratherium evolves.






45. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






46. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






48. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






50. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.