The best available answer is that they were literally the earliest known works of art, practical tools transformed into captivating aesthetic objects, contemplated both for their elegant shape and their virtuoso craftsmanship.

a The earliest possible dates are shown.

She gets up the earliest in my family.

And this is the earliest data that I can find.

And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),

And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),

The earliest deadline for submission for States is 13 May 2009.

So, the earliest retes, for example, were very simple and primitive.

The new guidelines were transmitted to IMO for its earliest consideration.

The earliest members of our lineage, the genus Homo, were darkly pigmented.

His Government hoped to conclude an additional protocol at the earliest opportunity.

We published a paper that described this finding at the earliest prototype stage.

We can see it at work in the earliest stages of human history.

Well, what is needed for the earliest possible warning of a heart attack?

I will be happy to submit these in writing at the earliest opportunity.

Not just the earliest cryptic reference to four in the morning I can find.

The EU urges States parties to ratify the amended Convention at the earliest opportunity.

Regional and subregional organizations must participate in peacebuilding activities at the earliest possible stage.

The earliest pilot projects were in the fields of land use planning and vegetation monitoring.

And as you can see, some of the earliest train passengers were pigs and sheep.

Mexico reiterates its support in ensuring the consolidation of the Court by the earliest possible date.

New Zealand has been among those actively offering assistance since the earliest days of the tragedy.

2. Looks forward to the entry into force of the Moscow Treaty at the earliest possible date

It turns out, from earliest childhood, boys, and then men, prefer the company of guys physical company.

One of the earliest was this pattern, this folded pattern, studied by Koryo Miura, a Japanese engineer.

So we're at the earliest stages of discovery about basic genes, components and life on this planet.

Some of the earliest known epics, such as The Iliad and Gilgamesh , feature protagonists intense sadness after the loss of close comrades. Likewise, anthropological work across a great range of societies clearly describes emotions of sadness that develop in response to frustration in love, humiliation by rivals, or the inability to achieve valued cultural goals.

What's very, very important here is that the earliest humans evolved in high UV environments, in equatorial Africa.

The challenge would have been heard by the full bench, excluding the challenged judges, at the earliest opportunity.

In particular, my Government believes in the importance of peacebuilding right from the earliest stages of conflict settlement.

(a) Begin at the earliest possible stage, and are based on the multidisciplinary assessment of individual needs and strengths

Members have also concluded that the earliest practicable time for holding such a joint workshop would be February 2006.

And today, I will use Selam, the earliest child ever discovered, to tell you a story of all of us.

Because the Kaaba and the rituals around it are relics from the earliest phase of Islam, that of prophet Muhammad.

They've had billions of years to do it, but especially during the earliest period of biological evolution on this planet.

We can prevent, or have the earliest detection possible, for breast cancer with an ultrasound device given to the patient.

The rise of Solidarity in the 1980 s was the earliest and most severe blow to the stagnating Soviet system.

(j) Continue to urge those States late in submitting reports to the Committee to submit them at the earliest opportunity

Eliminating gender inequalities in primary and secondary education by the earliest possible date and at all educational levels by 2015

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

(a) Eliminating gender inequalities in primary and secondary education by the earliest possible date and at all educational levels by 2015

Maybe you've encountered the Zero to Three movement, which asserts that the most important years for learning are the earliest ones.

So melanin was recruited, in our lineage, and specifically in our earliest ancestors evolving in Africa, to be a natural sunscreen.

So it's very well known to engineers, not as well known to biologists.