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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. 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.






2. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






3. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






5. Gastornis evolves.






6. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






8. Yellowstone caldera erupts






9. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






11. Cats evolve.






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






13. 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 -






14. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






15. The mammoth appears.






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






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






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






19. First members of the Hominini tribe.






20. First deer.






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






22. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






23. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






24. Australopithecines diversify.






25. current ice age begins






26. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






29. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






30. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






31. Australopithecines go extinct.






32. First Nimravids.






33. First bats.






34. Paranthropus evolve.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Gastornis evolves.






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Paraceratherium evolves.






47. Insects diversify.First large horses.






48. First creodonts.






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






50. Whales return to the water.