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 elegiac couplet is presumed to be the oldest Greek form of epodic poetry ( a form where a later verse is sung in response or comment to a previous one ).

is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled some time after 759 AD during the Nara period.

Narrative poetry may be the oldest type of poetry.

Cantar de Mio Cid is the oldest preserved Epic poetry | epic poem in Castilian language.

Some versions were included in the Man ' yōshū, the oldest extant collection of Japanese poetry.

Skaldic poetry can be traced to the earlier 9th century with Bragi Boddason and his Ragnarsdrápa, the oldest surviving Norse poem besides the poem preserved epigraphically on the Eggjum stone.

The pronunciations of spoken Chinese changed quite a bit over the course of time from the oldest surviving written Chinese poetry, during the period of Old Chinese, through the Middle Chinese period ( which included the Tang Dynasty ), and up into the Modern Chinese period.

The Tappa is believed to be one of the oldest forms of Pashto poetry ; it comprises two unequal meters, with the second longer than the first.

With examples dating back to the 11th century, this genre of poetry is believed to be among the oldest in any Romance language, and certainly the earliest recorded form of lyric poetry in Ibero-Romance.

Poetry in Irish represents the oldest vernacular poetry in Europe.

The Nuyorican Poets Café on New York ’ s Lower Eastside was founded in 1973 and is one of the oldest American venues for presenting spoken word poetry.

On the West Coast Da Poetry Lounge and The World Stage are two of the oldest venues for spoken word poetry.

Man ' yōshū, the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry includes poems written in dialects of the capital ( Nara ) and eastern Japan ( see also Old Japanese # Dialects ), but other dialects were not recorded.

** Man ' yōshū ( 万葉集 Man ' yōshū, Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves ) is the oldest existing, and most highly revered, collection of Japanese poetry

It is the oldest extant Persian dictionary based on examples from poetry.

It is the oldest and largest employee-owned publisher in the United States of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, college textbooks, cookbooks, art books, and professional books.

The oldest existing record of Kannada poetry in tripadi metre is the Kappe Arabhatta record of 700 CE.

Although the oldest surviving textual examples of surviving ci are from 8th century CE Dunhuang manuscripts, beginning in the poetry of the Liang Dynasty, the ci followed the tradition of the Shi Jing and the yuefu: they were lyrics which developed from anonymous popular songs into a sophisticated literary genre ; although in the case of the of ci form some of its fixed-rhythm patterns have an origin in Central Asia.

This Palace became the property of the Japanese Emperors, was named " The Palace of the Isles ", and was mentioned several times in the Man ' yōshū, the " Collection of Countless Leaves ", the oldest known collection of Japanese poetry.

This is the oldest waka ( poem written in Japanese ) and hence poetry was later praised as having been founded by a kami, a divine creation.

The Irish language has the third oldest literature in Europe ( after Greek and Latin ), the most significant body of written literature ( both ancient and recent ) of any Celtic language, as well as a strong oral tradition of legends and poetry.

Poetry in Irish represents the oldest vernacular poetry in Europe, with the earliest examples dating from the 6th century.