Test your basic knowledge |

Cenozoic History Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. First members of the Hominini tribe.






2. Australopithecines diversify.






3. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






4. Australopithecines go extinct.






5. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






6. 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 -






7. First Nimravids.






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






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






10. Yellowstone caldera erupts






11. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






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






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






16. First creodonts.






17. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






19. current ice age begins






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






21. Gastornis evolves.






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






23. The mammoth appears.






24. First creodonts.






25. First bats.






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






27. 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.






28. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






29. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






31. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






33. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






34. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






37. Whales return to the water.






38. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






39. First deer.






40. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






41. 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 -






42. Cats evolve.






43. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






44. Gastornis evolves.






45. Cats evolve.






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






47. First deer.






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






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






50. Paraceratherium evolves.