Sentences with phrase «earliest specimens»

But little is known about the evolution of their horns, because there are only a few early specimens.

Early specimens of the breed appeared during the 18th century, presumably arising from a crossing of English Setters with various spaniels, pointers, and even Gordon Setters.

Prince Albrecht zu Solms - Braunfeld of the Royal House of Hanover was credited with encouraging breeders to select early specimens on the basis of function rather than form.

While early specimens weighed as much as forty pounds, today's average size Boston Terrier weighs only 15 - 18 pounds.

While the feathers aren't the first to be found in amber, earlier specimens have been difficult to definitively link to their source animal, the researchers say.

So little is known about the goliath that despite its name (bestowed because an early specimen was recorded feeding on a songbird), nobody actually knows what it normally eats.

Until now, no one looked for directionality of striations in the earliest specimens representing our evolutionary lineage.

One earlier specimen, for example, was found with the preserved remains of a lizard in its stomach.

This is linked to a SPECIMEN PAPER I have created based on our fieldwork to River Cray and is tailored from the early Specimen B fieldwork questions on Coasts and Rivers.

Early specimens were used to accompany gamekeepers on their rounds, helping them to track and catch poachers on their property.

Possessed of such a heritage, it is small wonder that the earliest specimens came in a wide range of sizes.

Although the modern bobtail is very similar to the early specimens, it has a more profuse coat and compact body.

These early specimens were a bit larger than the Toy dogs you see today.

The earliest specimen in the show is a 1968 work «Untitled DSS 120,» of ten stainless steel boxes with warm amber Plexiglas, while the most recent work, «Untitled (Bernstein 90 - 11)» (1990), is a more austere anodized aluminum number lacquered in black autobody paint with clear Plexiglas.