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Cenozoic History Timeline

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1. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






2. First bats.






3. current ice age begins






4. Gastornis evolves.






5. Paraceratherium evolves.






6. Insects diversify.First large horses.






7. Whales return to the water.






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






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






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






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






12. Australopithecines go extinct.






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






14. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






15. First creodonts.






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






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






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






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






20. Paraceratherium evolves.






21. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






22. 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 -






23. Insects diversify.First large horses.






24. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






25. First Nimravids.






26. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






27. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






28. First deer.






29. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






30. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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






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






34. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






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






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






37. Neanderthals evolve.






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






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






40. Yellowstone caldera erupts






41. Gastornis evolves.






42. The mammoth appears.






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






44. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






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






48. First members of the Hominini tribe.






49. Emergence of the first true elephants.






50. Australopithecines diversify.