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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First bats.






2. Insects diversify.First large horses.






3. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






4. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






6. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






7. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






8. First Nimravids.






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






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






11. 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 -






12. Paranthropus evolve.






13. Whales return to the water.






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






15. Paraceratherium evolves.






16. 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 -






17. current ice age begins






18. Whales return to the water.






19. First deer.






20. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






22. Insects diversify.First large horses.






23. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






25. First creodonts.






26. The mammoth appears.






27. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






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






30. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






31. First creodonts.






32. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






34. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






35. Gastornis evolves.






36. Australopithecines go extinct.






37. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






38. First members of the Hominini tribe.






39. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






40. Australopithecines diversify.






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






42. Emergence of the first true elephants.






43. Paranthropus evolve.






44. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






45. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






47. The mammoth appears.






48. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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