early filipinos
It’s Origin and Early Peopling In 1891 in Central Java the upper skull of human being was found. It seems to belong to a large hominid at an intermediate stage of evolution between anthropoid ape and man. Java man was named pithecanthropus, in Greek pitnekos meaning ape and anthropus meaning man. Further evidences came to light in 1936 in Mojokerto (Surabay) in 1938 and in 1939 in Central Java.
Negritos
Ages after the disappearances of the Dawn Man or Pithicanthropus, the Aeta, Agta, Balaga or Dinagat, as were called by the Spaniards as Negritos, have reached these islands. They were described as the smallest people in the world (below 5 feet tall), with flat noses. Their primitive culture belongs to the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age).
Indonesians The next group of people who came was the Indonesians during the New Stone Age. They obtained their livelihood by hunting, fishing and crude farming (kaingin), which made them form an organized settlement.
Malays
The Indonesians were followed by the so-called Malays.The Malays were more advanced than both the Negritos and Indonesians. These prehistoric Malays were the first discoverers, colonizers and conquerors of the Pacific world.
Economic Life Enough heat with abundance supply of water from nature is the pervasive factor that shaped the Philippines fertile soil – an ever agricultural setting. The most concrete illustration of early Filipino expertise in farming was the building of the rice terraces, is the well known Banaue Rice Terraces, probably the “Eighth Wonder of the World”.
Social Classes The early Filipinos in general were all very similar in their social classes. Each barangay was divided into three social groups: the datus or nobles, the timagwas or freemen, and the oripen or dependents. Each class had its own particular duty and responsibility and the system was based on individual right over manpower.
Marriage Customs All members of the barangay preserved their dignity
Negritos
Ages after the disappearances of the Dawn Man or Pithicanthropus, the Aeta, Agta, Balaga or Dinagat, as were called by the Spaniards as Negritos, have reached these islands. They were described as the smallest people in the world (below 5 feet tall), with flat noses. Their primitive culture belongs to the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age).
Indonesians The next group of people who came was the Indonesians during the New Stone Age. They obtained their livelihood by hunting, fishing and crude farming (kaingin), which made them form an organized settlement.
Malays
The Indonesians were followed by the so-called Malays.The Malays were more advanced than both the Negritos and Indonesians. These prehistoric Malays were the first discoverers, colonizers and conquerors of the Pacific world.
Economic Life Enough heat with abundance supply of water from nature is the pervasive factor that shaped the Philippines fertile soil – an ever agricultural setting. The most concrete illustration of early Filipino expertise in farming was the building of the rice terraces, is the well known Banaue Rice Terraces, probably the “Eighth Wonder of the World”.
Social Classes The early Filipinos in general were all very similar in their social classes. Each barangay was divided into three social groups: the datus or nobles, the timagwas or freemen, and the oripen or dependents. Each class had its own particular duty and responsibility and the system was based on individual right over manpower.
Marriage Customs All members of the barangay preserved their dignity