Pre-Spanish HistoryR. Abapo Jr.

Theories

Henrey Otley Beyer’s Migration Theory

Felipe Landa Jocano’s Evolution Theory

Migration TheoryHenry Otley Beyer

Dawnmen

a.k.a “cavemen”

resembles the Java Man, Peking Man, etc.

nomadic

“Aetas / Negritos”

dark-skinned pygmies

crossed land bridges from Malaya, Borneo, and Australia until they reached Palawan, Mindoro and Mindanao.

nomadic

Indonesian seafarers came to the islands

with boats more advanced

than the Aetas tools out of stone

and steel farming and mining wore clothing and

ornaments

the balangay

Malays last to migrate From Java, Sumatra,

Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula

traveled by boats more advanced Pottery, weaving,

jewelry, making and metal smelting, and introduced irrigation system in rice planting

The Evolution TheoryFelipe Landa Jocano

Tabon Man

Tabon Caves Robert Fox and

Manuel Santiago

skullcap and a portion of a jaw

Tabon Man

-resembles the Java Man, and Peking Man

-gathered fruits, leaves and plants for his food

-used weapons made of stone