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Describe the Holocene.
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Transition to agriculture; emegence of states
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Describe the Pleistocene.
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Climatic fluctuations and glaciation
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Describe the Pliocene.
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Anthropithecus
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Describe the Miocene.
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Cooler and drier grasslands spread.
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Describe the Oligocene.
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Separation of catarrhines from platrrhines; cooler an dryer in north
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Describe the Eocene
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Warm tropical climates; prosimian like primates
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Describe the Paleocene
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First major mammal radiation
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List the order of the epochs in the Cenozoic Era (from most recent to earliest)
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Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, Pleocene
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