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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First deer.






2. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






3. Emergence of the first true elephants.






4. Gastornis evolves.






5. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






7. First Nimravids.






8. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






9. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






10. First bats.






11. current ice age begins






12. First Nimravids.






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






14. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






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






18. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






19. Emergence of the first true elephants.






20. Neanderthals evolve.






21. Cats evolve.






22. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






23. 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 -






24. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






26. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






27. Australopithecines diversify.






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






29. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






30. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






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






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






34. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






35. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






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






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






40. First bats.






41. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






42. First creodonts.






43. 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.






44. current ice age begins






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






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






47. The mammoth appears.






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






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






50. Australopithecines go extinct.