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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Whales return to the water.






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






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






4. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






5. Yellowstone caldera erupts






6. Emergence of the first true elephants.






7. Paraceratherium evolves.






8. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






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






11. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






13. Australopithecines go extinct.






14. First deer.






15. First creodonts.






16. Whales return to the water.






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






18. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






19. Australopithecines diversify.






20. First bats.






21. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






23. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






24. The mammoth appears.






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






26. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






29. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






30. Emergence of the first true elephants.






31. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






32. First members of the Hominini tribe.






33. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






35. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






37. 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 -






38. Paranthropus evolve.






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






40. First deer.






41. Paraceratherium evolves.






42. First bats.






43. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






44. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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






47. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






48. Cats evolve.






49. Australopithecines go extinct.






50. First Nimravids.