M3S1 Flashcards
Many historians and scientists believe that the first inhabitants of the
Philippine islands emerged during the
Pleistocene period
There are
two theories on where the inhabitants (first Filipinos) came from
namely:
Beyer’s “Migration Theory”
Jocano’s “Evolution Theory”.
Noted social scientist who believes that Filipinos
descended from different groups that came from Southeast Asia in
successive waves of migration.
Henry Otley Beyer
he believes that
Asians, including Filipinos are the result of a lengthy process of
evolution and migration.
Jocano
The first migrants were what
Beyer caked the what because they lived in caves
“Dawnmen” (or
“cavemen”
The Dawnmen resembled
Java Man, Peking Man, and other Asian Homo sapiens who existed
about 250,000 years ago
They did not have any knowledge of
agriculture, and lived by hunting and fishing.
The Dawnmen
why did the dawnmen come to the Philippines and by way of what?
in search
of food
land bridges
that connected the Philippines and Indonesia
The second group of migrants was composed of dark- skinned
pygmies called
“Aetas’ or “Negritoes”
“Aetas’ or “Negritoes” crossed the land bridged from WHERE untill they reached WHERE
Malaya, Borneo, and Australia
Palawan, Mindoro and Mindanao
They were pygmies
who went around practically naked and were good at hunting,
fishing and food gathering.
“Aetas’ or “Negritoes”
They used spears and small flint stones
weapons.
“Aetas’ or “Negritoes”
were already in the Philippines when the land bridges
disappeared due to the thinning of the ice glaciers and the
subsequent increase in seawater level.
The Aetas
what natural events “forced”
them to remain in the country and become its first permanent
inhabitants.
and bridges
disappeared due to the thinning of the ice glaciers and the
subsequent increase in seawater level.
because of this, the third wave of
migrants was necessarily skilled in seafaring.
disappearance of the land bridges
