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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Australopithecines diversify.






2. current ice age begins






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






4. Gastornis evolves.






5. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






7. First Nimravids.






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






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






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






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






12. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






13. 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 -






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






15. First members of the Hominini tribe.






16. First creodonts.






17. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






18. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






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






21. 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 -






22. Whales return to the water.






23. Emergence of the first true elephants.






24. Australopithecines go extinct.






25. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






26. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






27. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






28. current ice age begins






29. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






31. The mammoth appears.






32. Paranthropus evolve.






33. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






34. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






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






37. Australopithecines go extinct.






38. First bats.






39. Paranthropus evolve.






40. 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.






41. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






42. Insects diversify.First large horses.






43. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






44. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






46. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






48. Neanderthals evolve.






49. First creodonts.






50. Neanderthals evolve.