distant past

This is in line with research from last year that detailed how Mars was covered in bodies of water in its distant past.

Most modern big-budget movies and television will rely heavily on visual effects to transport actors and audiences into outer-space, the distant past or the deep-sea.

In particular, there have been reports of serious wrongs committed against Greenlanders - not in the distant past, but within living memory.

Records of the Earth's climate in the distant past from ice cores and marine sediments show that CO2 levels are currently at their highest in at least two million years, according to the UN.

The excitement that was produced by his first season at USC feels like something from the distant past.