date back
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The recent charges against Castro date back to an incident 30 years ago.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The oldest skin bones in the fossil record may date back 475 million years.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The origins of Memorial Day date back to 1868, when Civil War soldiers on the Union side decorated the graves of the war dead with flowers.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Theories about the need for a “philosopher king” or “great man” to advance society date back centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The first traces of the people who would become the Olmec date back to about 1800 b.c.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
