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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






5. First bats.






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






7. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






8. First bats.






9. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






10. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






12. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






13. Emergence of the first true elephants.






14. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






15. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






18. 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.






19. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






20. First Nimravids.






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






22. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






23. Paranthropus evolve.






24. First creodonts.






25. Paraceratherium evolves.






26. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






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






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






30. Gastornis evolves.






31. Whales return to the water.






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






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






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






35. Paraceratherium evolves.






36. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






38. First deer.






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






40. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






41. Australopithecines diversify.






42. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






43. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






44. Gastornis evolves.






45. Australopithecines diversify.






46. Paranthropus evolve.






47. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






50. Australopithecines go extinct.