Although the fossils of several older proto-frogs with primitive characteristics are known, the oldest " true frog " is Prosalirus bitis, from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

The oldest known caecilian is Eocaecilia micropodia, also from Arizona, while the earliest salamander is Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis from the Late Jurassic of northeastern China.

The oldest known mention of " Atlantic " is in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC ( Hdt.

The oldest known name for Anatolia, " Land of the Hatti " was found for the first time on Mesopotamic cuneiform tablets from the period of the Akkadian dynasty ( 2350 – 2150 BC ).

Neolithic sites such as Çatalhöyük, Çayönü, Nevali Cori and Hacilar represent the world's oldest known agricultural towns.

Gervase and Protase — and is one of the oldest extant bodies of historical personages known outside Egypt.

The oldest known document using the German word Alphorn is a page from a 1527 account book from the former Cistercian abbey St. Urban near Pfaffnau mentioning the payment of two Batzen for an itinerant alphorn player from the Valais.

After this, he was especially known for acting as a mediator between conflicting parties ( In Cologne he is not only known for being the founder of Germany's oldest university there, but also for " the big verdict " ( der Große Schied ) of 1258, which brought an end to the conflict between the citizens of Cologne and the archbishop.

* 1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.

The oldest bows known so far come from the Holmegård swamp in Denmark.

There is scattered evidence to suggest that the oldest known astrological references are copies of texts made during this period.

The oldest known adhesive, dated to approximately 200, 000 BC, is from spear stone flakes glued to a wood with birch-bark-tar, which was found in central Italy.

The Rensselyrics of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ( formerly known as the RPI Glee Club ), established in 1873 is perhaps the oldest known collegiate a cappella group.

The oldest known physical representations identified as symbols for abstract concepts are abstract engravings found on two pieces of ochre in Blombos Cave, South Africa, in 2001.

The oldest building was long known simply as The Admiralty, and is now referred to popularly as the Old Admiralty and officially as the Ripley Building.

The oldest known mention of Anubis is in the Old Kingdom pyramid texts, where he is associated with the burial of the pharaoh.

Alameda is also known for its Fourth of July parade, which is advertised as the second oldest and second longest Fourth of July parade in the United States.

Senet is among the oldest known board games.

Senet is the oldest board game known to have existed, and was pictured in a fresco found in Merknera's tomb ( 3300 – 2700 BC ).

Today known as the Chicago Cubs, they are the oldest team in American organized sports.

The oldest known bubble tea consisted of a mixture of hot Taiwanese black tea, small tapioca pearls ( 粉圓 ), condensed milk, and syrup ( 糖漿 ) or honey.

Descriptions of various beer recipes can be found in Sumerian writings, some of the oldest known writing of any sort.

* Scientists identify the oldest known bee, a 100 million-year-old specimen preserved in amber

The second oldest, dated to 1332 is 35. 3 cm long, a muzzle bore diameter of and weighs 6. 94 kg ; both are made of bronze.

The oldest surviving gun, made of bronze, has been dated to 1288 because it was discovered at a site in modern-day Acheng District, Heilongjiang, China, where the Yuan Shi records that battles were fought at that time.

At Ft. Garland, Colorado south of the Great Sand Dunes on U. S. Highway 160 the Fort Garland Museum is recommended and further south on Colorado State Highway 159 at San Luis, Colorado, the oldest town in Colorado, the bronze sculptures by Huberto Maestas, depicting the Stations of the Cross.

Notably, a metre high bronze head of Buddha dated to the c750 AD and one of the oldest items a 2, 000 year old jade horse head from a burial, other sculptures include life size tomb guardians.

The oldest known use of helmets was by Assyrian soldiers in 900BC, who wore thick leather or bronze helmets to protect the head from blunt object and sword blows and arrow strikes in combat.

The site's oldest graves do not include bronze artifacts and are therefore from a Neolithic culture ; the most recent graves date to the Iron Age.

Though the surrounding County of Wicklow is rich in bronze age monuments, the oldest surviving settlement in the town is the Franciscan Abbey ( ruined ).

Inside the central library rests two busts ; the bronze bust depicts William Henry Vanderbilt, the oldest child of Cornelius II and Alice, who died of typhoid at the age of 21 while attending Yale university.

This ancient culture had remarkably advanced bronze casting technology which was acquired by adding lead to the usual combination of copper and tin creating a stronger substance that could create substantially larger and heavier objects ; for instance, the world's oldest life-size standing human statue ( 260 cm high, 180 kg ), and a bronze tree with birds, flowers, and ornaments ( 396 cm ), which some have identified as renderings of the fusang tree of Chinese mythology.

At age 39, Vriesde was the oldest woman competing the 800 metres by a full two years, but the 2001 World Championships bronze medalist still managed to make the semifinal.

At age 44, bronze medalist Martin Stixrud is the oldest man to ever win an Olympic medal in an individual winter event.

Of particular interest are the bronze brooches, which are among the oldest that have been found so far in Switzerland.

Particular features are the rococo interior dating from 1791 ( although some earlier romanesque frescoes can also be seen ); the 33 metre high tower with its distinctive onion-shaped dome ; and bronze bells of which the oldest dates from the beginning of the sixteenth century

Even though the fertile crescent civilizations are considered the oldest in history, at the time the Burney relief was made other late bronze age civilizations were equally in full bloom.

The earliest surviving documentary evidence for the use of the hand cannon, considered the oldest type of portable firearm and a forerunner of the handgun, are from several Arabic manuscripts dated to the 14th century.

The. 357 Magnum is the oldest " magnum " handgun cartridge.

Adobe structures are extremely durable, and account for some of the oldest existing buildings in the world.

Some of the oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure such as Homer's The Odyssey.

Eastern Anatolia contains the oldest monumental structures in the world.

* 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

It's considered the oldest Autonomy law in the world.

* 1975 – The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.

Some also claim it to be the oldest subway tunnel in the world, as it was built by the cut and cover method under a city street, specifically for the purposes of improved public safety, attaining grade separation and enhanced railway operations.

It is reputed to be one of the oldest hill forts in India and the world.

The oldest recovered boat in the world is the Pesse canoe ; it is a dugout or hollowed tree trunk from a Pinus sylvestris.

The town is inhabited by one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, although the size of the community has shrunk due to emigration.

Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world.

The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest in the world ; the world's first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825.

Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world, after the Sveriges Riksbank and the world's 8th oldest bank.

Borneo is home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world, along with the Daintree Rainforest in Australia and the Amazon rainforest.

The Borneo rainforest is 130 million years old, making it the oldest rainforest in the world.

* Budapest Business School, the second oldest business school in the world

It was formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team ( flying under the same name ) in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931.

A hominid skull was been found by Michel Brunet in 2002, in Borkou, that is more than 7 million years old, the oldest discovered anywhere in the world ; it has been given the name Sahelanthropus tchadensis.

Cross-stitch is one of the oldest forms of embroidery and can be found all over the world.

As one of the oldest and most popular world pastimes, coin collecting is now often referred to as the " King of Hobbies ".

By far the longest canal was the Grand Canal of China, still the longest canal in the world today, and the oldest extant one.

The setting of Call of Cthulhu is a darker version of our world, based on H. P. Lovecraft's observation ( from his short essay, Supernatural Horror in Literature ) that " The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

Some of their recipes are the oldest and most-refined meat analogues in the world.

It is the oldest gay student organization in the world, founded as the Student Homophile League in 1967 by students including lifelong activist Stephen Donaldson.