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At that time, some of the earliest vertebrates evolved an elaborate bony exoskeleton.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The old guard held that the universe was eternal and unchanging, but in 1965 Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson discovered the faint background radiation left over from the cosmos’ earliest moments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In 2022, after both parents had died, Ferrer opened a closet and found about 100 letters from Poly, the earliest less than a week after their departure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Oprah Winfrey, one of Chopra’s earliest champions and business partners, gave him a huge boost with TV appearances in the early 1990s.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

They cannot be definitely dated, but the earliest are considered by most scholars to belong to the end of the eighth century or the beginning of the seventh.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton