Below you will find example sentences with "earliest evidence". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Earliest Evidence in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 18
  • Discovered as a combination around: earliest
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 3
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.7 words

Words in this phrase

earliest evidence

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • earliest can mean: superlative form of early: most early Frequent word
  • evidence can mean: Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

1674 the earliest evidence of its 1× back the earliest evidence of tattooing 1× is the earliest evidence of brewing 1× is the earliest evidence yet found 1× of the earliest evidence of millet 1× offered the earliest evidence of a 1× provided the earliest evidence that our 1× researchers the earliest evidence for prehistoric 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the earliest evidence 8× broken bits of 1× for example some 1× he began working 1× his discovery pushes 1× origin seealso the 1×

Common sentence endings:

and eating snails 1× and imitation stonework 1× at cishan north 1× brewing to date 1× by island hopping 1× earlier this year 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

dates 4× years 4× people 3× comes 3× discovery 2× prehistoric 2× north 2× culture 2× humans 2× 000 2× ago 2× earlier 2×

Related phrases

earliest days sufficient evidence earliest possible evidence suggests earliest known earliest opportunity extraordinary evidence earliest roles earliest times evidence regarding

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around earliest:

earliest days 11× earliest possible 9× earliest known 7× earliest opportunity 7× earliest roles 4× earliest times 3×

Just before it in the phrase index:

earliest days eagles striker eagles news eagerly anticipated dynamic range dynamic lighting

Just after it in the phrase index:

earliest known earliest opportunity earliest possible earliest roles earliest times early bird

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

earliest days earliest possible earliest known earliest opportunity earliest roles earliest times

Same ending:

sufficient evidence extraordinary evidence

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "earliest evidence" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 24.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1674 the earliest evidence of its, back the earliest evidence of tattooing, dates, years and people stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with earliest days, sufficient evidence, earliest possible, earliest days, earliest possible and earliest known, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with earliest evidence

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The worm fossil also offered the earliest evidence of a segmented, bilaterally symmetric body plan. (15 words)

For example, some of the earliest evidence of millet cultivation in China was found at Cishan (north). (17 words)

The network of thread-like filaments is the earliest evidence yet found of life being connected in this way. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

His discovery pushes back the earliest evidence of tattooing in western North America by more than a millennium and gives scientists a rare glimpse into the lives of a prehistoric people whose customs and culture have largely been forgotten. (39 words)

The earliest evidence of horse domestication dates to around 4000 BCE. citation Advancements in technology A combine harvester on an English farm In the U.S. of the 1930s, one farmer fed only himself and three other consumers. (38 words)

The earliest evidence of a wine production facility is the Areni-1 winery in Armenia and is at least 6100 years old; citation presumably, wine had started being produced much earlier. (31 words)

Example sentences (18)

This discovery reveals one of the earliest known uses of fermentation and is the earliest evidence of brewing to date.

Broken bits of shells found in a cave in South Africa have given researchers the earliest evidence for prehistoric people roasting and eating snails.

The excavations at Shanidar, conducted during the 1950s and 1960s, provided the earliest evidence that our Neanderthal relatives, positioned along our evolutionary lineage, practiced ceremonial burial rituals for their deceased.

The network of thread-like filaments is the earliest evidence yet found of life being connected in this way.

His discovery pushes back the earliest evidence of tattooing in western North America by more than a millennium and gives scientists a rare glimpse into the lives of a prehistoric people whose customs and culture have largely been forgotten.

The earliest evidence of humans drinking milk from another animal dates to 6,000 years ago, according to published earlier this year.

The worm fossil also offered the earliest evidence of a segmented, bilaterally symmetric body plan.

For example, some of the earliest evidence of millet cultivation in China was found at Cishan (north).

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He began working on calculus in 1674; the earliest evidence of its use in his surviving notebooks is 1675.

Origin seeAlso The earliest evidence of religious ideas dates back several hundred thousand years to the Middle and Lower Paleolithic periods.

The earliest evidence for established trade exists in the Neolithic with newly settled people importing exotic goods over distances of many hundreds of miles.

The earliest evidence for how the royal chambers were decorated comes from Henry III's reign: the queen's chamber was whitewashed, and painted with flowers and imitation stonework.

The earliest evidence ( Mungo Man ) of settlement in Australia dates to around 40,000 years ago when modern humans likely crossed from Asia by island-hopping.

The earliest evidence of a wine production facility is the Areni-1 winery in Armenia and is at least 6100 years old; citation presumably, wine had started being produced much earlier.

The earliest evidence of cocoa bean use comes from residue found in an ancient Mayan pot dated to 600 BCE.

The earliest evidence of horse domestication dates to around 4000 BCE. citation Advancements in technology A combine harvester on an English farm In the U.S. of the 1930s, one farmer fed only himself and three other consumers.

The earliest evidence of warp-weighted looms comes from sites belonging to the Starčevo culture in modern Serbia and Hungary and from late Neolithic sites in Switzerland.

The history of dentistry is almost as ancient as the history of humanity and civilization with the earliest evidence dating from 7000 BC.

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