1. Y
ANCES
TORS

2. THE FIRST FILIPINOS
 Who were the first people to live in
the Philippines?
 What happened to them?
 Where are they now?
These questions on the past cannot
fully be answered even by the best
scientist who study about our early
ancestors

3. The best explanation we have
about our distant past comes from
the three main sources:
The story of God’s creation in the
Bible
The theories of evolution made by
human scientists
Legends and fairytales made up
by imaginative people.

4. A. THE BIBLICAL STORY
According to the Holy Bible, all men and
women originated from the first man
(Adam) and the first woman (Eve)
Fr. Francisco Colin, a Jesuit historian,
wrote that the first settlers of our
country was Tharsis, son of Javan and
great grandson of Noah.

5. THE THEORY OF
EVOLUTION
Theory of EvolutionTheory of Evolution
It is a belief that man cameIt is a belief that man came
from apelike creatures whofrom apelike creatures who
lived thousands of years agolived thousands of years ago
in caves and have very crudein caves and have very crude
toolstools..

6. Waves of Migration TheoryWaves of Migration Theory
They believed that early FilipinosThey believed that early Filipinos
came from “waves of migrationcame from “waves of migration
• Core Population TheoryCore Population Theory
oEarly Filipinos came fromEarly Filipinos came from
settlers within the islands notsettlers within the islands not
from outsidefrom outside

7. TABON
MAN
•First man in the
Philippines
•Lived in Palawan about
25,000 years ago
•They were short with
bushy eyebrows and a
low forehead

8. GROWTH OF THE FILIPINOS
 They grew in number and improved their
lifestyle

9. WAVES OF MIGRATION
Our country was
settled by three
kinds of people:
1)Negritos,
2) Indonesians, and
3) Malays

10. 1. THE
NEGRITOS
 The first people to come to theThe first people to come to the
Philippines.Philippines.
 They were called Atis or AetasThey were called Atis or Aetas
 They came across land bridges fromThey came across land bridges from
mainland Asia about 25, 000 yearsmainland Asia about 25, 000 years
ago.ago.
 The Negritos were very small peopleThe Negritos were very small people
and less than five feet tall.and less than five feet tall.
 They were called Negritos becauseThey were called Negritos because
they have black skin, short kinky hair,they have black skin, short kinky hair,
thick lips, and black noses.thick lips, and black noses.

11. 2. THE INDONESIANS
 They were the first immigrants to
come by the sea to the
Philippines.
 They came about 5, 000 years ago
and sailed in boats from South
Asia.
 There were two types of
Indonesians:
 1. tall, with light skin, large
forehead, high nose and thin lips
 2. shorter and darker, large nose,
thick lips

12. 2. THE INDONESIANS
 Indonesians were more advance than the
Negritos.
 They lived in permanent homes and used fire
to cook their food.
 They lived by hunting, fishing, and small
farming.
 They painted their bodies with colorful figures.

13. 3. THE MALAYS
 The Malays 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.
 The Malay were more civilized than the Indonesians.

14. 3. THE
MALAYS
 Some legends describe the coming of the Malays.
 Maragtas
 It tells how the first ten Malay Datus left Borneo and came to Panay
 They bought the land from the Negritos.
 This legend is now celebrated in the famous “ati-atihan” fiesta and
dance.
 The Filipinos today come from the Malay or brown race.
 They lived in larger villages, had government, writing,
music, arts, and sciences.
 They lived by agriculture, fishing, mining and trading.

15. C. LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES
There are two famous legends aboutThere are two famous legends about
the early Filipinosthe early Filipinos
1.1. The Story of Malakas and MagandaThe Story of Malakas and Maganda
2.2. The Story of the Brown PeopleThe Story of the Brown People