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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






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






4. First deer.






5. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






7. Neanderthals evolve.






8. Neanderthals evolve.






9. Gastornis evolves.






10. Yellowstone caldera erupts






11. First bats.






12. Whales return to the water.






13. Cats evolve.






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






15. 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 -






16. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






19. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






20. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






22. The mammoth appears.






23. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






25. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






27. Paraceratherium evolves.






28. First members of the Hominini tribe.






29. Australopithecines diversify.






30. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






32. Paranthropus evolve.






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






34. Whales return to the water.






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






36. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






37. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






40. Gastornis evolves.






41. First creodonts.






42. First deer.






43. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






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






47. First creodonts.






48. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






49. First Nimravids.






50. Insects diversify.First large horses.