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c. 4 billion years ago

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c. 3.5 billion years ago

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c. 3 billion years ago

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1 billion years ago

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c. 500 million years ago

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c. 400 million years ago

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c. 350 million years ago

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c. 340 million years ago

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c. 300 million years ago

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c. 250 million years ago

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c. 225 million years ago

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c. 170 million years ago

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c. 150 million years ago

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c. 125 million years ago

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c. 65 million years ago

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c. 45 million years ago

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c. 15 million years ago

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c. 6 million years ago

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c. 4.5 million years ago

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c. 4.4 million years ago

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c. 3.6 million years old

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c. 3.2 million years ago

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c. 2.6 million to 14,000 years ago

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c. 2.6 to 1.2 million years ago

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c. 2.5 million years ago

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c. 2.2 million years ago

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c. 2.2 to 1.4 million years ago

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c. 1.85 million years ago

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c. 1.8 million years ago

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c. 1.7 million years ago

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1.6 million years ago

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c. 1 million years ago

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c. 800,000 years ago

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c. 230,000 years ago

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c. 150,000 years ago

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c. 130,000 years ago

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c. 120,000 to 35,000 years ago

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c. 50,000 to 30,000 years ago

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c. 35,000 years ago

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