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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






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






3. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






4. Insects diversify.First large horses.






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






6. current ice age begins






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






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






9. First creodonts.






10. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






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






12. First creodonts.






13. Australopithecines go extinct.






14. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






15. Australopithecines diversify.






16. 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.






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






18. First deer.






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






20. current ice age begins






21. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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






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






25. First members of the Hominini tribe.






26. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






28. Paranthropus evolve.






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






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






31. 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.






32. Emergence of the first true elephants.






33. The mammoth appears.






34. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






36. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






37. Paranthropus evolve.






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






39. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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






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






43. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






44. Yellowstone caldera erupts






45. Paraceratherium evolves.






46. 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 -






47. Cats evolve.






48. Australopithecines diversify.






49. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






50. First bats.