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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Australopithecines diversify.






2. Australopithecines diversify.






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






4. Cats evolve.






5. First deer.






6. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






7. Australopithecines go extinct.






8. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






9. Emergence of the first true elephants.






10. Neanderthals evolve.






11. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






12. The mammoth appears.






13. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






14. current ice age begins






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






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






17. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






18. The mammoth appears.






19. Paranthropus evolve.






20. First bats.






21. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






23. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






25. current ice age begins






26. First creodonts.






27. First Nimravids.






28. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






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






30. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






31. First members of the Hominini tribe.






32. 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 -






33. 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.






34. Whales return to the water.






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






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






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






38. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






39. Yellowstone caldera erupts






40. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






43. Insects diversify.First large horses.






44. Paranthropus evolve.






45. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






46. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






48. First Nimravids.






49. First bats.






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