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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






4. Cats evolve.






5. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






6. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






7. 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.






8. First creodonts.






9. 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.






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






11. Whales return to the water.






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






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






14. 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 -






15. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






17. current ice age begins






18. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






19. First deer.






20. Neanderthals evolve.






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






22. The mammoth appears.






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






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






25. Emergence of the first true elephants.






26. The mammoth appears.






27. Cats evolve.






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






29. First members of the Hominini tribe.






30. 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 -






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






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






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






34. First deer.






35. Australopithecines go extinct.






36. Australopithecines diversify.






37. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






39. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






40. Australopithecines diversify.






41. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






42. First Nimravids.






43. Yellowstone caldera erupts






44. Yellowstone caldera erupts






45. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






48. First creodonts.






49. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






50. Paranthropus evolve.