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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






3. current ice age begins






4. Emergence of the first true elephants.






5. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






7. First Nimravids.






8. 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 -






9. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






10. Cats evolve.






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






12. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






13. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






15. Whales return to the water.






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






17. Insects diversify.First large horses.






18. First bats.






19. First bats.






20. First members of the Hominini tribe.






21. Gastornis evolves.






22. Yellowstone caldera erupts






23. The mammoth appears.






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






25. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






26. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






29. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






31. First Nimravids.






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






33. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






35. First creodonts.






36. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






38. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






39. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






40. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






42. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






43. 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.






44. First deer.






45. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






47. Paranthropus evolve.






48. First creodonts.






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






50. Paraceratherium evolves.