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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






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






4. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






5. Australopithecines diversify.






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






7. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






8. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






9. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






11. Australopithecines diversify.






12. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






13. Cats evolve.






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






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






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






17. First deer.






18. First bats.






19. The mammoth appears.






20. Whales return to the water.






21. Neanderthals evolve.






22. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






23. Neanderthals evolve.






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






25. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






27. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






28. First creodonts.






29. First Nimravids.






30. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






32. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






34. Whales return to the water.






35. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






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






37. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






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. Paranthropus evolve.






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






42. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






43. current ice age begins






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






45. Insects diversify.First large horses.






46. First creodonts.






47. Yellowstone caldera erupts






48. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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