Sentence examples for ancient of human from inspiring English sources
The north Norfolk coast is feted for its big skies and generous sandy beaches but this young coastline – still coming to terms with the last ice age – is also home to the most ancient of human traces.
And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing blind, deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and your own head.... But, excuse me, that's another story.
In a world where 2.5 billion people still do not have access to basic sanitation facilities, and 1.5 million children die each year from preventable diseases as a result, there is a pressing need to find sustainable solutions to this most ancient of human problems.
They are a massive and ancient body of human wisdom.
Tallis explored and developed chant, the most ancient form of human music.
That conflict plucks at some ancient strand of human genetic code.
Other treks into the desert reveal an ancient record of human history.
The mitochondria became structures within ancient ancestors of human cells more than a billion years ago; humans did not yet exist.
It comes to no conclusions, but it evokes a rich mix of ideas, including the intriguing notion of the last supper as a vestige of ancient rituals of human sacrifice.
His editorial principles were generous in their range, though there was always enlivening evidence of his own interests – from the ancient origins of human creativity to Christian mystical thought.
But am I, privately, glad to see a shortlist that vindicates the most ancient form of human creativity, a shortlist in which Ruskin might have found something to like?
