人じん類るい最さい古こ

expression

oldest in human history; oldest known to mankind

Used attributively to describe the earliest known example of something in human history, such as evidence, artifacts, or records.

• この洞どう窟くつ壁へき画がは人じん類るい最さい古この芸げい術じゅつ作さく品ひんとされている。

  These cave paintings are considered the oldest works of art in human history.

• 人じん類るい最さい古この文も字じは約やく5000年ねん前まえのものだ。

  The oldest known human writing dates back about 5,000 years.