History of the Philippines
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The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luz
Docking station and entrance to the Tabon Cave Complex Site in Palawan, where one of the oldest human remains was located.
A Developed Prehistoric Pottery Complex existed at the Philippines from as early as 500 BCE.
The multiple waves of immigration the Philippines received, before the Protohistoric period.
A gold statue of the Hindu-Buddhist goddess (Devata) "Tara" found in southern Philippines showing the incipient adoption of Hinduism and Buddhism, from India and China.
Homo luzonensis
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Homo luzonensis, also known as Callao Man and locally called "Ubag" after a mythical caveman, is an extinct, possibly pygmy, species of archaic human from the Late Pleistocene of Luzon, the Philippine
History of the Philippines
…The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon at least by 134,000 years ago. The earliest known anatomically modern human was from…
Luzonensis Molars
Homo luzonensis metatarsal
Interior of Callao Cave, Luzon, the Philippines
Comparison of teeth (above) and foot phalanges (below) of A. afarensis (left), H. luzonensis (center), and modern humans (right)