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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






2. Australopithecines go extinct.






3. First members of the Hominini tribe.






4. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






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






7. Australopithecines diversify.






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






9. First members of the Hominini tribe.






10. Whales return to the water.






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






12. First bats.






13. The mammoth appears.






14. First deer.






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






16. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






18. First bats.






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






20. Emergence of the first true elephants.






21. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






22. Neanderthals evolve.






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






24. current ice age begins






25. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






27. Australopithecines go extinct.






28. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






29. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






30. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






31. Gastornis evolves.






32. First deer.






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






34. First creodonts.






35. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






36. Insects diversify.First large horses.






37. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






38. 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 -






39. The mammoth appears.






40. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






41. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Insects diversify.First large horses.






48. Emergence of the first true elephants.






49. Gastornis evolves.






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