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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. 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 -






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






4. First members of the Hominini tribe.






5. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






6. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






7. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






8. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






10. Cats evolve.






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






12. First deer.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






19. Whales return to the water.






20. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






21. Yellowstone caldera erupts






22. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






23. The mammoth appears.






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






25. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






26. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






27. Insects diversify.First large horses.






28. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






31. The mammoth appears.






32. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






33. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






34. Australopithecines diversify.






35. First Nimravids.






36. Paranthropus evolve.






37. Neanderthals evolve.






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






39. Australopithecines go extinct.






40. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






44. Cats evolve.






45. Whales return to the water.






46. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






48. Neanderthals evolve.






49. Australopithecines diversify.






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