The Brown Race :The Brown Race Our Forefathers


TABON MAN :TABON MAN First to inhabit the Philippines He is believed to be 22,000 years old. He was discovered by Dr. Robert B. Fox, American anthropologist of the National Museum.


TABON MAN :TABON MAN They lived in caves known today as the Tabon Cave in Quezon, Palawan. They survived by hunting animals and gathering fruits It is believed that they crossed from Borneo and used land bridges to reach the islands.


The Tabon Man Skull :The Tabon Man Skull Antropologist or experts on the study of man continue to study the origin of the Filipinos or where the Filipinos came from.


Land Bridges :Land Bridges


The Filipino Racebecause of the intermarriages among the members of different tribes, there are physical changes in the Filipinos. :The Filipino Racebecause of the intermarriages among the members of different tribes, there are physical changes in the Filipinos. We have become fairer. Some have curly and brownish hairs Some have slit eyes. Different food and different way of dressing.


Other Foreigners :Other Foreigners The Hindus They were tall, they don’t have such dark skin they had a higher bridged nose their lips were thicker they had deep-set eyes straight hair.


Other Foreigners :Other Foreigners The Chinese They came here to look for buyers of their products. They have medium height and body build Yellowish skin with small and slanted eyes and straight hair.


Other Foreigners :Other Foreigners The Arabs They came from Southwest Asia They were traders and settled in the southern part of the Phil. They had muscular bodies with high bridged nose and curly black hair.


Other Foreigners :Other Foreigners The Spaniards They were the first settlers who came from Europe in the western part of the world. They were not traders but conquerors. They were fair-complexioned, with high bridged nose and rounded eyes. They were here for more than 300 years.


Other Foreigners :Other Foreigners The Americans They also came to conquer the Philippines. They came from the United States of America. There were two Americans who came here – the White and Black. They were tall and had high-bridged nose and the color of their hair varied from black, brown, auburn to blonde.


Other Foreigners :Other Foreigners The Japanese They came from the Eastern part of Asia. They looked like the Chinese with their yellow skin and small eyes They had black hair and slender bodies.


Things to Remember :Things to Remember The Tabon Man is believed to be the first inhabitant of the Philippines. The Negritos, Indones and Malays are considered the first settlers of the Philippines. The coming of the Hindus, Chinese, Arabs, Spaniards, Americans and Japanese who settled in the Philippines contributed in the changes in the physical appearance of Filipinos.


Things to Remember :Things to Remember The intermarriages of Filipinos with the foreigners did not only change their physical features but also changed their way of living. We should be proud of being a Filipino, no matter what our physical features may be.