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Cenozoic History Timeline
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1. Middle Paleolithic begins. Appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa
0.2 Ma
40 Ma
26 Ma
0.6 Ma
2. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus
55 Ma
56 Ma
5.5 Ma
50 Ma
3. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.
25 Ma
15 Ma
3 Ma
2.5 Ma
4. Pliocene epoch begins.First tree sloths and hippopotami.First large vultures. Nimravids go extinct.
0.5 Ma
5 Ma
18-12 Ma
3 Ma
5. Grasslands first appear. Glyptodonts - ground sloths - peccaries - dogs - eagles - and hawks evolve.
35 Ma
5.5 Ma
2.7 Ma
60 Ma
6. Paranthropus evolve.
5.4-6.3 Ma
5 Ma
26 Ma
2.7 Ma
7. The mammoth appears.
36 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
4.8 Ma
0.2 Ma
8. Brontotheres go extinct. Pigs evolve. South America separates from Antarctica - becoming an island continent.
6.5 Ma
30 Ma
0.79 Ma
1.2 Ma
9. Estimated age of the Homo/Pan (human vs. chimpanzee) split.
0.79 Ma
5.4-6.3 Ma
33 Ma
3 Ma
10. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.
18-12 Ma
25 Ma
36 Ma
0.6 Ma
11. Australopithecines diversify.
15 Ma
3 Ma
6 Ma
30 Ma
12. First members of the Hominini tribe.
56 Ma
5.5 Ma
0.3 Ma
6.5 Ma
13. First Nimravids.
52 Ma
26 Ma
36 Ma
37 Ma
14. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.
20 Ma
52 Ma
10 Ma
40 Ma
15. 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 -
30 Ma
60 Ma
55 Ma
0.7 Ma
16. Gastornis evolves.
0.5 Ma
56 Ma
28 Ma
5.5 Ma
17. First bats.
0.64 Ma
6 Ma
52 Ma
1.7 Ma
18. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.
36 Ma
28 Ma
0.35 Ma
5 Ma
19. Evolution of the first primates and miacids. Flightless birds diversify.
26 Ma
60 Ma
24 Ma
35 Ma
20. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus
4.5 Ma
36 Ma
10 Ma
2.6 Ma
21. Pliocene epoch begins.First tree sloths and hippopotami.First large vultures. Nimravids go extinct.
5 Ma
49 Ma
3 Ma
6.5 Ma
22. Cats evolve.
1.2 Ma
34 Ma
33 Ma
55 Ma
23. First mastodons - bovids - and kangaroos. Australian megafauna diversify.
0.5 Ma
1.2 Ma
15 Ma
63 Ma
24. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus
49 Ma
5.5 Ma
30 Ma
2.5 Ma
25. current ice age begins
0.64 Ma
40 Ma
2.6 Ma
6.5 Ma
26. The mammoth appears.
37 Ma
52 Ma
4.5 Ma
4.8 Ma
27. Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America. Great AmericanInterchange.
2.6 Ma
0.79 Ma
1.5 Ma
3 Ma
28. Paranthropus evolve.
2.7 Ma
0.5 Ma
0.7 Ma
5.5 Ma
29. First deer.
0.6 Ma
25 Ma
0.7 Ma
3 Ma
30. 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.
4.5 Ma
60 Ma
2.5 Ma
15 Ma
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.
6 Ma
2.5 Ma
56 Ma
5 Ma
32. Paraceratherium evolves.
36 Ma
55 Ma
28 Ma
2.5 Ma
33. First deer.
1.5 Ma
24 Ma
0.2 Ma
25 Ma
34. Estimated age of the Hominidae/Hylobatidae (great apes vs. gibbons) split.
18-12 Ma
0.3 Ma
56 Ma
35 Ma
35. Yellowstone caldera erupts
5.5 Ma
6.5 Ma
0.3 Ma
0.64 Ma
36. 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 -
36 Ma
55 Ma
26 Ma
0.35 Ma
37. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.
5.5 Ma
33 Ma
0.64 Ma
2.7 Ma
38. Earliest demonstrable evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
0.79 Ma
63 Ma
0.64 Ma
0.5 Ma
39. Earliest possible evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
0.35 Ma
6.5 Ma
1.5 Ma
15 Ma
40. Age of the Catarrhini parvorder; first canines evolve. Lepidopteran insects become recognizable. Gastornis goes extinct. Basilosaurus evolves.
49 Ma
0.7 Ma
40 Ma
49 Ma
41. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus
36 Ma
55 Ma
0.5 Ma
15 Ma
42. Earliest possible evidence of the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
63 Ma
1.5 Ma
25 Ma
49 Ma
43. Whales return to the water.
1.2 Ma
0.64 Ma
2.6 Ma
49 Ma
44. First creodonts.
35 Ma
2.7 Ma
63 Ma
5.5 Ma
45. First mastodons - bovids - and kangaroos. Australian megafauna diversify.
56 Ma
49 Ma
15 Ma
20 Ma
46. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.
63 Ma
0.6 Ma
0.35 Ma
6 Ma
47. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin
4.5 Ma
25 Ma
5 Ma
24 Ma
48. Paraceratherium evolves.
56 Ma
0.35 Ma
37 Ma
28 Ma
49. Africa collides with Eurasia - closing the Tethys Sea. Divergence of cat and dog ancestors. Primates diversify. Brontotheres - tapirs - rhinos - and camels evolve.
0.3 Ma
5 Ma
50 Ma
6 Ma
50. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.
6 Ma
10 Ma
6.5 Ma
1.2 Ma
