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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Whales return to the water.






2. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






4. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






10. Australopithecines go extinct.






11. First creodonts.






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






13. Cats evolve.






14. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






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






17. Emergence of the first true elephants.






18. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






19. Paraceratherium evolves.






20. 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 -






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






22. First deer.






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






24. First Nimravids.






25. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






26. Emergence of the first true elephants.






27. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






29. Yellowstone caldera erupts






30. current ice age begins






31. First bats.






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






33. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






35. Gastornis evolves.






36. The mammoth appears.






37. Neanderthals evolve.






38. First members of the Hominini tribe.






39. 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.






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






41. Gastornis evolves.






42. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






43. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






44. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






47. First deer.






48. Whales return to the water.






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






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