M3S1 Part 2 Flashcards
Renowned Filipino anthropologist who o disputes
Beyer’s belief that Filipinos descended from Negritoes and Malays
who migrated to the Philippines thousands of years ago.
Felipe Landa Jocano
according to him, it is difficult to prove that Negritoes were the first
inhabitants of this country.
Jocano
The only thing that can positively
concluded from fossil evidence, Jocano says is that the first men who
came to the Philippines also went to
New Guinea, Java, Borneo, and
Australia.
In 1962, a skullcap and a portion of a jaw-presumed to be a human
origin-were found where, by who, and who did they work for?
Tabon Caves of Palawan
archaeologist
Robert Fox and Manuel Santiago
National
Museum.
said to resemble Java Man and Peking Man.
“Tabon Man”
He gathered fruits, leaves and plants for his food.
“Tabon Man”
He hunted with
weapons made of stone.
“Tabon Man”
already
capable of using his brain in order to survive and keep himself safe.
“Tabon Man”
Instead of the Migration Theory, Jocano advances the what
Evolution
Theory