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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Australopithecines go extinct.






2. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






4. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






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






7. Paraceratherium evolves.






8. First Nimravids.






9. current ice age begins






10. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






11. The mammoth appears.






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






13. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






14. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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






17. First bats.






18. Paranthropus evolve.






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






20. Neanderthals evolve.






21. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






22. Whales return to the water.






23. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






25. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






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






29. Gastornis evolves.






30. 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.






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






32. Cats evolve.






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






34. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






36. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






37. Whales return to the water.






38. Yellowstone caldera erupts






39. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






40. First creodonts.






41. Gastornis evolves.






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






43. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






44. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






46. The mammoth appears.






47. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






48. current ice age begins






49. 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 -






50. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin