Early anthropology was divided between proponents of unilinealism, who argued that all societies passed through a single evolutionary process, from the most primitive to the most advanced, and various forms of non-lineal theorists, who tended to subscribe to ideas such as diffusionism.

Early fossils are mainly of erect forms, but encrusting forms gradually became dominant.

The poem retains a complicated mix of the following dialectical forms: Mercian, Northumbrian, Early West Saxon, Kentish and Late West Saxon.

Early forms of cartography of India included the locations of the Pole star and other constellations of use.

Early and late onset forms occur with ' on and off ' painful spasmodic muscular contractions that can be disabling when the disease activates.

Early forms of distillation were batch processes using one vaporization and one condensation.

The " Abecedarian Early Intervention Project ", an all-day program that provided various forms of environmental enrichment to children from infancy onward, showed IQ gains that did not diminish over time.

Early forms of the Inuit language were spoken by the Thule people, who overran the Dorset people, who had previously occupied Arctic America, at the beginning of the second millennium.

Early forms of logic in Islamic philosophy were introduced in Islamic jurisprudence from the 7th century with the process of Qiyas.

Early forms of rock had languished in poor areas of the South.

Early Islamic pottery followed the forms of the regions which the Muslims conquered.

Early species had long, fully toothed jaws and long tails, while later forms had a highly reduced tail, and some lacked teeth.

Early forms are very similar in many ways to certain forms of voulge, while 16th century and later forms are similar to the pollaxe.

Sharing Erasmus ' translation ideals, Tyndale took the ill-regarded, unpopular and awkward Middle-English " vulgar " tongue, improved upon it using Greek and Hebrew syntaxes and idioms, and formed an Early Modern English basis Shakespeare and others would later follow and build on as Tyndale-inspired vernacular forms took over.

In the Early Minoan age these were formed of soft stone and ivory and show particular characteristic forms.

Early forms of market socialism consisted of proposals for cooperative enterprises operating in a free-market economy, so that exploitation would be eliminated and individuals would receive the full product of their labor.

But most of the other case endings disappeared in the Early Modern English period, including most of the roughly one dozen forms of the definite article (" the ").

Chancery Standard was not the only influence on later forms of English — its level of influence is disputed and a variety of spoken dialects continued to exist — but it provided a core around which Early Modern English could crystallise.

Early forms were constructed of bars atop a gourd.

Early English forms of the name such as " tay " or " taes " derive from the Portuguese plural of tael, taeis.

Early forms of art in China are found in the Neolithic Yangshao culture (), which dates back to the 6th millennium BCE.

‘ Burnt Kimmeridgian shale at Early Roman Silchester, south-east England, and the Roman Poole-Purbeck complex-agglomerated geomaterials industry ’, Oxford Journal of Archaeology 26 ( 2 ): 167-191.

Early industry involved fishing and farming.

The earliest remains consist of extensive rock cut installations, initially thought to date to the Early Bronze Age by Kenyon, these have recently been re-evaluated, first by Stager and then by Franklin, and are now recognized to be the remains of an extensive early Iron Age oil and wine industry ( designated Building Period 0 ).

Early studies by Bain ( 1951 ; 1956 ) hypothesized a positive relationship between industry concentration, barriers to entry and profits.

Early in her career, industry advisors suggested she change her name to “ Warren ”, but then realized that there was already an actress named Jennifer Warren, so she performed for a short time under the single name “ Jennifer ”, but soon returned to using her birth name “ Warnes ".

Early industry in Windham consisted of sawmills, gristmills, and blacksmith ’ s shops taking advantage of the water power from streams and rivers.

Early industry included logging and farming, but Mattapoisett became best known as a center for shipbuilding and whaling.

Early settlers to the area were attracted by land sales and the lumber industry.

Early settlers found a profuse growth of hemlock trees, an ideal supply of tannic acid for the tanning industry, and boot and shoemaking factories soon flourished.

Early industry included brick making from the plentiful red clay and shale on which Somerville is built.

Early industry included farming, mining and smelting iron.

Early industry was based on tanning, owing to the presence of hemlock bark from the forests.

Early industry included agriculture, logging, and naval stores, including turpentine production.

Early industry in the county included quarries of flag and building stone and lumber.

Early in the twentieth century, anthracite coal mining was the chief industry of the region, although Frackville remained a predominantly residential community.

Early industry centered around the transportation and support of nearby coal mining operations along with manufacturing facilities.

Early industry included manufacture of pig iron.

Early models used 3-inch floppy disks, while those sold from 1991 onwards used 3½-inch floppies, which became the industry standard around the time the PCW series was launched.

Early in the film, the steel industry is being bought up by big names, but the Scott family refuses to sell their mill.

Early in the 20th century, as the industry grew, its leaders saw the need for an organization to supplement the largely statistical activities carried on by AISA.

Early terminals were inexpensive devices but very slow compared to punched cards or paper tape for input, but as the technology improved and video displays were introduced, terminals pushed these older forms of interaction from the industry.

Early industry revolved around agriculture, with fishing and trading also providing for the town.

Early on, Poughkeepsie was also a major center for whale rendering, and during the 19th century industry flourished through shipping, hatteries, papermills, and several breweries along the Hudson River, including some owned by Matthew Vassar, founder of Vassar College.

Early on in the ship building industry workers would cover their hats with pitch ( tar ), and set them in the sun to cure.