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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. 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 -






2. Australopithecines diversify.






3. Paraceratherium evolves.






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






5. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






6. First bats.






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






8. 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.






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






10. current ice age begins






11. Cats evolve.






12. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






13. First creodonts.






14. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






15. Gastornis evolves.






16. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






17. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






18. First Nimravids.






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






20. First deer.






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






22. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






24. The mammoth appears.






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






26. Australopithecines go extinct.






27. First Nimravids.






28. Insects diversify.First large horses.






29. current ice age begins






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






31. Emergence of the first true elephants.






32. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






33. Australopithecines diversify.






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






35. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






37. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






39. Paranthropus evolve.






40. First bats.






41. The mammoth appears.






42. Paranthropus evolve.






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






44. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






45. First creodonts.






46. Insects diversify.First large horses.






47. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






48. Whales return to the water.






49. Neanderthals evolve.






50. Yellowstone caldera erupts