Sentence examples for earliest specimens from inspiring English sources

The earliest specimens thus far discovered that are indisputably portrayals of land features are the Babylonian tablets previously mentioned; certain land drawings found in Egypt and paintings discovered in early tombs are nearly as old.

Little Carolingian sculpture has survived, but in Ottonian days the sculpting of freestanding statues was taken up again, although the earliest specimens, serving as they did as reliquaries, were still closely related to the silversmith's and goldsmith's art; for example, the famous statue of "Sainte-Foy" at Conques (France) and the "Golden Madonna" at Essen.

Fossils of entoprocts are very rare, and the earliest specimens that have been identified with confidence date from the Late Jurassic.

"It's always difficult to know what is the earliest specimen of any lineage," Dr. Delson added.

The Acts of their martyrdom is the earliest authentic document on Christianity in North Africa and represents the earliest specimen of Christian Latin.

The earliest specimen of a silver trumpet was found in the tomb of Tutankhamen (14th century bce), king of ancient Egypt.

The fossilised skeleton of the dog-sized creature, a theropod dinosaur, is described as a cousin of the giant tyrannosaurus rex and is believed to be the earliest specimen of a Jurassic era dinosaur ever to walk the Earth.

Roman glasswares have been found in Chinese tombs dating to the early 1st century BC, with the earliest specimen found at the southern Chinese seaport of Guangzhou.

Records included individuals' age, sex and the earliest specimen date.

When more than one strain was available, the earliest specimen was included in the analysis.

A fourfold rise in SARS-CoV antibodies in patient 3 was identified by only one laboratory (laboratory A) by IFA; laboratory A was the only laboratory that tested the earliest specimen from patient 3 and tested the serum specimens as they arrived and not concurrently.