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.
 Adam and
Eve
ENOSH

ENOCH

METHUSALAH

SHEM, HAM,
NOAH JAPETH
LAMECH 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 EVOLUTION

believes 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 Migration
beliefs 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.
 TABON MAN
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 MAN
SKULL

TABON CAVE
TABON MAN is similar
to australian aborigines
 WAVES OF
MIGRATION
Story of the first Filipinos which describes the three
waves of migration to these islands.
Three Kinds of People who Settled in our Country
1.) Negritos
2.) Indonesians
3.) Malays
 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.
 DESCRIPTION

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.
 Way of Living
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.
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.
 Description

there were two types of Indonesians

.

•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.
 Way of Living
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.

indonesian
 they came after the Indonesians, about
2,000 years ago.
They also arrived in boats from Southeast
Asia.
 Description

they were medium in height, brown-

skinned, with dark eyes, flat noses and
straight black hair.
 they drove theWay of Living
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.
 Malays
malays
Legends and Fairy Tales

there are two famous legends about

the early Filipinos, as follows:

1.) the story of Malakas and Maganda

2.) the story of the brown people.
 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.