50 to 28 million BC (Cenozoic Era) | Birds and rodents Proto-primates dog-sized horses continent formation birth of Alps and Rockies |
![]() Taurus or 28 to 16 million BC | dogs and rhinos pigs and bears sheep and cattle more luxurious vegetation |
16 to 9 million BC | orangutans grazing animals small birds and rodents |
9 to 5 million BC (End of Cenozoic Era) | more rivers milk-producing mammals |
![]() Leo or 5 to 2.8 million BC | gorillas, apemen, and chimpanzees horses and cats giant cheetahs cat-like hominids develop in the Pleaides North and South America bridge Australopithichus |
2.8 to 1.6 million BC | specialized hunters first families |
1.6 to .9 million BC | Homo Erectus or nomadic hominids use of fire |
.9 to .5 million BC | cannibalism rats and wolves domestic dogs |
500,000 to 280,000 BC | Homo Sapiens harnessing of fire for heat and protection |
280,000 to 160,000 BC | domestication of animals goats |
![]() Aquarius or 160,000 to 90,000 BC | Neanderthals populate Europe and Asia regular migrations due to glaciation wooly mammoths |
90,000 to 49,000 BC | Saturnians colonize Earth and overtake native Neanderthals Interbreeding and genetic manipulation produces Cro-magnon Man |