1. PEOPLING IN THE PH

• Archaeological finds in Palawan (e.g., Tabon skull fragments) suggest that there were already prehistoric inhabitants in the Philippines as early as the Pleistocene period
• Through carbon dating, the fossil remains were believed to be about 22,000 years old
• In the Philippine cultural landscape, the New Stone Age was the impetus of the development of Filipino modern societies
• At this point, early Filipinos were starting to domesticate plants and animals, and food production was no longer limited to family consumption
• At that time, people were dependent on agricultural as well as hunting and gathering activities
• Internal human evolution hypothesis


  The work of Gaillard and Mallari (2004) summarized the different schools of thought to explain the peopling of the Philippines. This hypothesis argues that there was an internal development happening within the so-called Austronesian region (citing the work of William Meacham)