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Cenozoic History Timeline

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






2. The mammoth appears.






3. Emergence of the first true elephants.






4. Insects diversify.First large horses.






5. First deer.






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






7. Australopithecines diversify.






8. 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.






9. First bats.






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






11. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






12. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






15. Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin






16. First creodonts.






17. Giraffes and giant anteaters evolve.






18. First bats.






19. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






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






21. First Nimravids.






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






23. The mammoth appears.






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






25. Cats evolve.






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






27. First Nimravids.






28. Homo heidelbergensis evolves.






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






30. First thylacinid marsupials evolve.






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






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






33. Neanderthals evolve.






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






35. Homo antecessor evolves. Paranthropus dies out.






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 -






37. Appearance of the genus Ardipithecus






38. End of Eocene - start of Oligocene epoch.






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






40. First members of the Hominini tribe.






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






42. last reversal of the earth's magnetic field






43. colonisation of Eurasia by Homo erectus






44. Whales return to the water.






45. Appearance of the genus Australopithecus






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






47. Gastornis evolves.






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






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






50. Australopithecines go extinct.