Test your basic knowledge |

Cenozoic History Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






3. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






4. 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.






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






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






7. First deer.






8. First members of the Hominini tribe.






9. First Nimravids.






10. First deer.






11. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






12. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






13. First Nimravids.






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






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






16. Insects diversify.First large horses.






17. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






19. The mammoth appears.






20. Cats evolve.






21. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






24. current ice age begins






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






26. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






27. Paranthropus evolve.






28. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






30. Insects diversify.First large horses.






31. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






32. Whales return to the water.






33. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






34. Cats evolve.






35. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






37. Paraceratherium evolves.






38. Paranthropus evolve.






39. First bats.






40. Yellowstone caldera erupts






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






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






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. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






45. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






46. Emergence of the first true elephants.






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






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






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






50. Australopithecines diversify.