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What were animals like in the Cenozoic era?

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Cenozoic land mammals were never as large as the Mesozoic dinosaurs, but many were larger than today's mammals, and included beavers that grew to lengths of more than 7 ft (2 m), sloths as large as elephants, and birds up to 7 ft (2 m) in height. Around one million years ago, the ancestors of Homo sapiens, or modern humans, became dominant.

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