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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






2. The mammoth appears.






3. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






4. First Nimravids.






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






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






7. Neanderthals evolve.






8. Australopithecines diversify.






9. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






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






13. Paranthropus evolve.






14. First creodonts.






15. Whales return to the water.






16. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






18. Cats evolve.






19. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






20. First Nimravids.






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






22. current ice age begins






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






24. Paranthropus evolve.






25. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






27. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






29. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






31. 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.






32. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






34. Emergence of the first true elephants.






35. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






36. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






37. Gastornis evolves.






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






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






40. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






41. First bats.






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






43. First deer.






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






45. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






47. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






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






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