We left her when the first ape came down from the treetop and fastened a sharp stone in the end of his club; we bade irrevocable good-bye to her when the first man kept himself from freezing and altered his diet by means of fire.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
The last sunlight lingered on crest and treetop, tangled itself redly in the uppermost branches of a few tall redwoods, and was gone.
"Sisters"
Kathleen Norris
You may imagine how pleased the king was when he discovered that the man standing at the top of the tree was the long-lost brother for whom he was searching, and he made ready to ascend to his house in the treetop.
"Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country"
William C. Griggs