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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






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






4. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






6. Whales return to the water.






7. Cats evolve.






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






9. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






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






13. current ice age begins






14. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






15. First deer.






16. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






17. Yellowstone caldera erupts






18. Cats evolve.






19. Whales return to the water.






20. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






21. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






22. First creodonts.






23. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






25. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






26. First Nimravids.






27. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






29. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






30. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






31. current ice age begins






32. 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 -






33. Paranthropus evolve.






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






35. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






36. Gastornis evolves.






37. Paranthropus evolve.






38. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






39. Emergence of the first true elephants.






40. 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 -






41. First Nimravids.






42. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






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






46. The mammoth appears.






47. 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.






48. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






49. First bats.






50. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.