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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. First creodonts.






3. Gastornis evolves.






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






5. Australopithecines diversify.






6. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






7. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






8. Paraceratherium evolves.






9. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






10. Emergence of the first true elephants.






11. First deer.






12. current ice age begins






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






14. First bats.






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






16. Australopithecines go extinct.






17. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






19. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






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






22. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






24. Australopithecines go extinct.






25. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






27. 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 -






28. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






30. Paranthropus evolve.






31. First deer.






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






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






34. First bats.






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






36. Insects diversify.First large horses.






37. current ice age begins






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






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






40. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






41. Neanderthals evolve.






42. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






43. First Nimravids.






44. 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.






45. The mammoth appears.






46. First creodonts.






47. Insects diversify.First large horses.






48. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






49. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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