GE EL 108: Peopling in the Philippines

A theory that posits the Austronesian-speaking peoples migrated from Taiwan to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, spreading their culture and languages.

• Creationism

• Wave Migration Theory

• Austronesian Migration Theory

• Core Population Theory

The belief that the universe and life originated from specific acts of divine creation, rather than through natural processes like evolution.

• Wave Migration Theory

• Austronesian Migration Theory

• Creationism

• Evolution Theory

A renowned archaeologist and scholar who supports the Austronesian Migration Theory, focusing on the spread of early human populations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

• Peter Bellwood

• Henry Otley Beyer

• Felipe Landa Jocano

Proposed by Henry Otley Beyer, this theory suggests that the Philippine archipelago was populated by successive waves of migrants, including the Negritos, Indonesians, and Malays.

• Out of Eden Theory

• Wave Migration Theory

• Austronesian Migration Theory

• Evolution Theory

The early humans who believed to be among the first inhabitants of the Philippines, before the arrival of the Austronesians.

• Indonesians

• Negritos

• Aetas

• Dawnmen

A theory suggesting that all modern humans can trace their ancestry to a common origin in Africa before spreading out to other parts of the world.

• Austronesian Migration Theory

• Evolution Theory

• Wave Migration Theory

• Out of Eden Theory

One of the groups theorized to have migrated to the Philippines in the distant past after Aetas, contributing to the ethnic diversity of the country.

• Aetas

• Indonesians

• Dawnmen

• Negritos

Proposes that the first people of Southeast Asia were products of a long process of evolution and migration.

• Austronesian Migration Theory

• Evolution Theory

• Creationism

• Wave Migration Theory

Indigenous people of the Philippines, considered descendants of the original settlers before the arrival of other ethnic groups.

• Dawnmen

• Malays

• Indonesians

• Aetas

A Filipino anthropologist who proposed an alternative to the migration theories, suggesting that early Filipinos developed locally rather than through waves of migration.

• Henry Otley Beyer

• Peter Bellwood

• Felipe Landa Jocano