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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. First bats.






2. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






4. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






5. The mammoth appears.






6. current ice age begins






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






8. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






9. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






10. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






12. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






13. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






15. Paranthropus evolve.






16. Neanderthals evolve.






17. Paraceratherium evolves.






18. current ice age begins






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






20. Australopithecines diversify.






21. Australopithecines diversify.






22. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






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






25. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






26. Cats evolve.






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






28. First deer.






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






30. Whales return to the water.






31. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






32. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






33. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






39. First deer.






40. Gastornis evolves.






41. First Nimravids.






42. Insects diversify.First large horses.






43. Paraceratherium evolves.






44. Yellowstone caldera erupts






45. First Nimravids.






46. Whales return to the water.






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






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






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






50. Emergence of the first true elephants.