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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First Nimravids.






2. Whales return to the water.






3. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






4. Whales return to the water.






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






6. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






8. Insects diversify.First large horses.






9. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






11. Emergence of the first true elephants.






12. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






13. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






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






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






17. First bats.






18. Yellowstone caldera erupts






19. Gastornis evolves.






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






21. Insects diversify.First large horses.






22. Neanderthals evolve.






23. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






25. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






27. 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.






28. First bats.






29. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






31. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






32. Neanderthals evolve.






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






34. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






35. Australopithecines go extinct.






36. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






37. Australopithecines go extinct.






38. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






39. First creodonts.






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






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






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






43. The mammoth appears.






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






45. Gastornis evolves.






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






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






48. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






49. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






50. 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 -