-100,000,000 | EVOLUTION Giant theropod dinosaurs are bigger than Tyrannosaurus. |
-99,600,000 | EVOLUTION Late Cretaceous epoch begins on Earth. |
-88,000,000 | EVOLUTION Breakup of Indo-Malagasy land mass. |
-85,000,000 04 24 | A GUN FOR DINOSAUR by L. Sprague de Camp visits this date. |
-80,000,000 | EVOLUTION India starts to move to Eurasia. |
-75,000,000 | EVOLUTION Oviraptor, the most bird-like dinosaur, lives on Earth. |
-65,500,000 |
EVOLUTION Cenozoic era, Paleogene period and Paleocene epoch begin on Earth.
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FUTURAMA The Brainspawn cause the extinction of Earth's dinosaurs.
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-65,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event occurs on Earth.
-65,000,000
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EVOLUTION Many mammals evolve including primates.
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-60,000,000 | EVOLUTION Creodont lives in Earth’s northern hemisphere. |
-55,800,000 | EVOLUTION Eocene epoch begins on Earth. |
-55,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Australia breaks away from Antarctica.
-55,000,000
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EVOLUTION Proto-primates lives in North America, Asia, and Europe.
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EVOLUTION Shortfin mako shark lives on Earth.
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-50,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Hyracotherium, ancestor of the horse, lives on Earth.
-50,000,000
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EVOLUTION Ambulocetus natans, Pezosiren portelli walk on land in Pakistan.
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EVOLUTION Miacids live on Earth.
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-48,500,000 | EVOLUTION Gastornis geiselensis, a tall carnivorous bird lives on Earth. |
-46,500,000 | EVOLUTION Rodhocetus no longer drinks fresh water. |
-45,000,000 | EVOLUTION Plesiadapis becomes extinct on Earth. |
-43,000,000 | EVOLUTION An early elephant lives on Earth. |
-40,000,000 | EVOLUTION Primates diverge into suborders. |
-37,000,000 | EVOLUTION Basilosaurus lives on Earth. |
-35,000,000 | EVOLUTION Grass evolves on Earth. |
-34,000,000 | EVOLUTION An early canine lives on Earth. |
-33,900,000 | EVOLUTION Oligocene epoch begins on Earth. |
-30,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Suborder Haplorrhini splits into infraorders.
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EVOLUTION Proailurus, an early cat, lives on Earth.
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-29,994,000 | FUTURAMA Nimbala is emperor of Zubin 5. |
-27,500,000 | EVOLUTION Indricothere, an early rhinosaurus, lives in Monglolia. |
-27,000,000 | EVOLUTION Phorushacos longissimus lives in the Americas. |
-25,000,000 | EVOLUTION Catarrhini splits into two superfamilies. |
-23,030,000 | EVOLUTION Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin on Earth. |
-22,000,000 |
EVOLUTION India collides with Asia creating the Himalaya mountains.
-22,000,000
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EVOLUTION Deinotherium, ancient elephant lives on Earth.
| -22,000,000
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EVOLUTION Ursavus elmensis, an early bear, lives on Earth.
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-21,000,000 | EVOLUTION A mongoose-like creature floats to Madagascar from Africa. |
-20,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Proailurus becomes extinct on Earth.
-20,000,000
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EVOLUTION Africa collides with Asia.
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EVOLUTION Cynodictis, early dog, evolves a shortened fifth claw.
| -20,000,000
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EVOLUTION Canines and felines are distinct superfamilies.
| -20,000,000
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EVOLUTION Gomphtherium, an early elephant, lives on Earth.
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-19,000,000 | EVOLUTION A giant sloth lives on Earth. |
-16,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Squalodon uses echolocation.
-16,000,000
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EVOLUTION Megalodon, a gigantic shark, lives on Earth.
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-15,000,000 | EVOLUTION Apes fom Africa migrate to Eurasia to become gibbona and orangutans. |
-13,000,000 | EVOLUTION Lufengpithecus chiangmuanensis and Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, ancestor of great apes and humans lives on Earth. |
-10,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Earth’s climate begins to dry; savannas and grasslands take over the forests.
-10,000,000
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EVOLUTION Monkeys proliferate, and the apes go intodecline on Earth.
| -10,000,000
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EVOLUTION Human ancestors speciate from the ancestors of the gorillas.
| -10,000,000
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EVOLUTION Horses spread throughout Earth’s northern hemisphere.
| -10,000,000
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EVOLUTION Tomarctus, ancestor of dogs, lives on Earth.
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-7,000,000 | EVOLUTION Gigantopithecus lives in China, Vietnam, and northern India. |
-5,600,000 | EVOLUTION Messinian Event |
-5,332,000 | EVOLUTION Pliocene epoch begins on Earth. |
-5,200,000 | EVOLUTION Creodont ecomes extinct on Earth. |
-5,000,000 |
EVOLUTION Volcanic eruptions connect North and South America.
-5,000,000
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EVOLUTION Human ancestors speciate from the ancestors of chimpanzees.
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-4,800,000 | EVOLUTION Ardipithecus walks upright. |
-3,700,000 | EVOLUTION Australopithecus afarensis inhabits East Africa. |
-3,100,000 | EVOLUTION Australopithecus afarensis dies out. |
-3,000,000 |
STAR TREK The Orgainians transform into non-corporial beings.
-3,000,000
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EVOLUTION Australopithecus africanus inhabits East and South Africa.
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EVOLUTION Australopithecus boisei inhabits East Africa.
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