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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. Gastornis evolves.






3. Yellowstone caldera erupts






4. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






6. First creodonts.






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






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






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






10. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






11. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






13. Yellowstone caldera erupts






14. First Nimravids.






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






16. current ice age begins






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






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






19. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






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






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






23. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






24. Neanderthals evolve.






25. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






26. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






27. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






28. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






29. First Nimravids.






30. Neanderthals evolve.






31. 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 -






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






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






34. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






35. First members of the Hominini tribe.






36. Emergence of the first true elephants.






37. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






38. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






40. Cats evolve.






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






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






43. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






44. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






45. The mammoth appears.






46. Whales return to the water.






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






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






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






50. First deer.