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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First deer.






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






3. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






4. current ice age begins






5. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






6. The mammoth appears.






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






8. First Nimravids.






9. Paraceratherium evolves.






10. Australopithecines diversify.






11. Paranthropus evolve.






12. 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.






13. First bats.






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






15. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






16. Insects diversify.First large horses.






17. First deer.






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






19. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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






22. Cats evolve.






23. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






24. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






25. Neanderthals evolve.






26. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






27. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






28. First creodonts.






29. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






32. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






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






35. First Nimravids.






36. First bats.






37. Yellowstone caldera erupts






38. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






39. First creodonts.






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






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






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






43. First members of the Hominini tribe.






44. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






47. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






48. Australopithecines diversify.






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






50. 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.