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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






4. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






5. Insects diversify.First large horses.






6. current ice age begins






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






8. Australopithecines diversify.






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






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






11. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






12. Neanderthals evolve.






13. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






16. First bats.






17. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






18. Paraceratherium evolves.






19. Whales return to the water.






20. Whales return to the water.






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






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






23. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






24. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






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






27. Cats evolve.






28. Cats evolve.






29. 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.






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






31. Insects diversify.First large horses.






32. Australopithecines go extinct.






33. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






34. First Nimravids.






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






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






37. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






38. Gastornis evolves.






39. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






40. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






41. First deer.






42. Australopithecines go extinct.






43. The mammoth appears.






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






45. Paraceratherium evolves.






46. Neanderthals evolve.






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






48. First members of the Hominini tribe.






49. First Nimravids.






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