CHAPTER 3

3 main sources about the origin of our ancestors

Biblical story God’s creation

The story of evolution Made by human scientist

Legends and fairytales Made up by imaginative people.

We believe that the story of God’s creation of man, as described in

the Holy Bible, is the real truth.

ENOSH

Adam and Eve

SHEM, HAM,

JAPETHNOAH

LAMECH

METHUSALAH

ENOCH

JAVAN

Fr. Francisco Colin

Jesuit historian wrote that the first settlers of our country was Tharsis, son of Javan and great grandson of Noah, together with his brothers and their descendants. In time, the descendants of these Biblical character settled in the parts of the world that we now know Asia, including the islands of the Philippines.

THEORY OF EVOLUTIONbelieves that man came from apelike creatures who live thousands of years ago in caves and had very crude tools.

3 Theories about the Origin of First Filipinos

Waves of Migrationbeliefs of scientists that the

early Filipinos came from- Negritos, Indonesians and Malays- who peopled these islands thousands of years ago.

Core Population•theory which believes that the early Filipinos came from settlers within the islands, not from outside, and in fact our ancestors migrated outside to the other nearby islands to spread our own culture to the other islands.

the first man in the Philippines who lived in Palawan about 25,000 years ago.

first Filipino lived in caves at Tabon, Palawan, thus they are called “ Tabon Man.”

They belonged in the Stone Age Culture which means they only used stone tools and weapons.

They hunted wild animals with crude stone weapons.

They used simple stone tools to make clothes or prepare food.

These stone tools were sharp rocks or stones.

They did not know how to farm or raise animals.

They were short, with bushy eyebrows and a low forehead.

They also lived in other parts of the world.

Java Man or Beijing Man- ancestors of man in other parts of the world.

TABON MAN

TABON CAVE

TABON MAN SKULL

TABON MAN is similar to australian aborigines

TABON MAN

Three Kinds of People who Settled in our Country

1.) Negritos 2.) Indonesians

3.) Malays

Story of the first Filipinos which describes the three waves of migration to these islands.

WAVES OF MIGRATION

the first Filipino to come to the Philippines.

They were also called Atis or Aetas.

They came across the land bridges from mainland Asia about 25,000 years ago. At that time, our country was connected to Asia by land bridges which later sank below the sea.

very small people.

They were less than 5 feet tall.

They were called ”Negritos” because they had black skins, short kinky hair, thick lips and black noses.

DESCRIPTION

they wore little clothing.

They had no government, no writing and no permanent homes (“Nomads”).

They wandered in the forests and lived by hunting, fishing and gathering wild plants and fruits.

They used the bow and arrow for hunting.

Today, there are still Negritos in the hills of Zambales.

Way of Living

NEGRITO

first migrants to come by the sea to the Philippines, according to migration theory.

They came about 5,000 years ago.

They sailed in boats from south Asia.

They drove Negritos into the mountains and lived in the lowlands.

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•The first type was tall, with light skin, large forehead, high nose and thin lips.

•The second type were shorter and darker, with a large nose, thick lips and heavy jaw.

Description

there were two types of Indonesians

they are more advanced than the Negritos.

They lived in permanent homes.

They used fire to cook their food.

They lived by fishing, hunting and small farming.

They painted their bodies with colorful figures.

Way of Living

indonesian

they came after the Indonesians, about 2,000

years ago. They also arrived in

boats from Southeast Asia.

they were medium in height, brown-

skinned, with dark eyes, flat noses and straight black hair.

Description

Way of Living they drove the Indonesians

into the forests and lived in the low lands.

They were more civilized than the Indonesians.

They lived in larger villages.

They had government, writing, music, arts and sciences.

They lived by agriculture, fishing,, mining and trading.

malaysMalays

there are two famous legends about the early

Filipinos, as follows:

1.) the story of Malakas and

Maganda2.) the story of the

brown people.

Legends and Fairy Tales

THE STORY

OF

AND

Long, long ago, after the land was formed as a result of the war between the sea and the sky, the clever bird, which incited the war, flew ashore. It landed on a bamboo plant in order to rest. While resting it happened to peck the bamboo. Suddenly, the bamboo spilt apart. Out of the first half of the bamboo came a handsome man, and out of the second half came a beautiful woman. The man was named Malakas (Lalake), and he was the first man in the world. The woman was named Maganda (Babae), and she was the first woman in the world. Malakas and Maganda got married. Many children were born to them. From these children came the Filipinos.

THE STORY

OF

Many, many years ago, there were no people on earth. One day. God walked about the earth and got lonely. So he decided to create the people who would in habit the plains and hills. He stopped by the

riverbank and got some clay. He molded the clay into male and female. Figures and baked them over a slow fire.

But because he did not know how to bake, the first figures of men and women turned out too black because they got burned.

Since God was not happy with the black people who got burned from his first try at making men and women, he molded new clay figures and put them back over the fire to cook. This time, he became cautious and took

away the clay figures before they could be cooked properly. God was upset to see that the clay figures were white, because they were

underbaked.For the third time, God molded another set of clay figures and put them on fire. This time, he had practiced and knew the perfectly what color of people he wanted. When the color of the clay figures turned brown ; he

stopped baking and was very happy with his work.Then God breathe life into all baked clay figures. Out of the black clay figures came the black people; out of the white clay figures came the

white people. The brown-skinned Filipinos are thus the perfect handiwork of God.