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The document discusses two theories about the first inhabitants of the Philippines - the Migration Theory of Dr. Henry Otley Beyer and the Evolution Theory of Dr. Felipe Jocano Landa. Beyer's theory claims four groups of people migrated to the islands at different times. Jocano disputes this theory and argues that fossils found in the Philippines predate human settlement in nearby areas, so the first inhabitants evolved within the Philippines.

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The document discusses two theories about the first inhabitants of the Philippines - the Migration Theory of Dr. Henry Otley Beyer and the Evolution Theory of Dr. Felipe Jocano Landa. Beyer's theory claims four groups of people migrated to the islands at different times. Jocano disputes this theory and argues that fossils found in the Philippines predate human settlement in nearby areas, so the first inhabitants evolved within the Philippines.

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Bulacan State University

College of Business Administration


AY 2022-2023
PIC 101

Q1MPIC

Name: BORLONGAN, Jianne Jaycee G. Date: September 18, 2022


Course/Year/Section: BSAIS 3B Score:

Direction: Differentiate the FRAMEWORKS used by Dr. Henry Otley Beyer and Dr. Felipe
Jocano Landa on the First Inhabitant of the Philippines. (15 points, Tagalog, Taglish, or Rnglish
could be used).

Migration Theory &


Evolution Theory
People and history have always been a topic for quest of knowledge and facts. We tend
to dig deeper on the origin of uncertain things and matters, including ourselves, human. As time
goes by, there had been different claims and suppositions on who really are the first people of our
country, and where did they really come from, as we are products of these people.

With this search for answers, there are two remarkable theories from two different
renowned experts, about who and how the first inhabitants of the Philippines reach its land.

First is the claim of Dr. Henry Otley Beyer, the Migration Theory. According to him,
there are four first inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, namely the Dawnmen, Aetas, Indonesians,
and the Malays.

Dawnmen are said to resemble Java Man and Peking Man, as they lived in the caves.
From that reason, they were also called as Cavemen. These people are believed to lack the
knowledge for agriculture. They only lived through hunting and fishing, which also the reason how
they went to the country, through the land bridges between Philippines and Indonesia, for their
food.

Aetas, also called Negritoes, are claimed to cross the bridge from Malaya and Borneo to
reach Palawan, Mindoro, and Mindanao. They are said to be dark skinned pygmies who goes
around naked and considers hunting, fishing, and food gathering as their way of living. Due to the
thinning of ice glaciers, the Aetas remained in the Philippines as the bridges disappeared.
Furthermore, as the land bridges are eventually vanished, the next inhabitants,
Indonesians, are great seafarers, which explains how they reach the land of our country, through
boats. They are claimed to be more advanced as they use tools made of steel and stones. They
also use clothes and considered good in farming and mining.

Malays are like Indonesians, as they also traveled through boats from the Java, Sumatra,
and Borneo more than 2,000 years ago. The appearance of these people is described as brown
skinned, straight black hair, and flat noses. They also engaged in jewelry making, weaving and
pottery.

On the other hand, there is Jocano’s Evolution Theory, which disputes and opposes
Beyer’s claims. He said that the first inhabitants of our country did not come from Malay Peninsula,
unlike the belief of Beyer.

This is evidenced through the found fossils of man in Tabon Cave, Palawan, which was
believed to be present at the country 21,000 to 22,000 years ago. During those years, these kinds
of people are not evident at Malay Peninsula, resulting to a conclusion that these ‘Tabon Men’
first came to the Philippines than the Peninsula.

The Tabon Man, being considered as the first people of our country, according to Jocano,
are claimed to resemble Java Man and Peking Man. They used weapons made of stones for
hunting and gathered fruits and plants for their food. Also, these people are believed to have
separated their ways, as to giving reasons why similar fossils are found to different countries
across the Asia.

With that reason, Jocano believes that the first human in our country and in the Southeast
Asia are products and results of evolution and migration, hence pertained to as the Evolution
Theory.

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