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• Multiplehomelandhypothesis - argues that there are multiple origins of the peopling of the Philippines
• HenryOtleyBeyer - Father of Philippine Anthropology
• WavesOfMigration - Believes that Filipinos descended from different groups in successive/consecutive manner
• AboriginalPygmiesNEGRITOS - hunting and gathering
• IndonesianA - composed of seafaring and stone tool-using group from Indonesia
• INDONESIANB - featured by their bark cloth-wearing skill
• Proto-Malays - known for terrace-building and basic agricultural skills
• DEUTERO-MALAYS - dispersed to different parts of the Philippines, advanced in farming and used iron tools
• Mainland Southeastern China Hypothesis locates the Proto-Austronesian homeland in mainland Southeastern China
• Neolithic Revolution was an important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements
• MelanesianHomelandHypothesis - American linguist Isidore Dyen locates the homeland of Austronesian speakers somewhere in Melanesia, between the Bismarck Archipelago and the New Hebrides
• South China Sea homeland hypothesis suggests that the peopling of the Philippines was related to the thriving of trade relations happening around Borneo, Celebes Sea & SW Mindanao
• Meacham's Theory asserts that the homeland for Austronesian speakers lies within a wide triangle called 'Austronesia'
• Core Population Theory by Felipe Landa Jocano states that Asians, including Filipinos, are the result of a lengthy process of evolution and migration
• Tabon Man and Callao Man are mentioned in relation to the internal development of the peopling of the Philippines
• AboriginalPygmies - land bridges
• Proto-Malays - Seafares
• ArsenioManuel - multiple route, counters bellwood