History of the Philippines

Negritos start to settle
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30000 BCE Jan 1

Negritos start to settle

Philippines

By about 30,000 BCE, the Negritos, who became the ancestors of today's aboriginal Filipinos (such as the Aeta), probably lived in the archipelago. No evidence has survived which would indicate details of ancient Filipino life such as their crops, culture, and architecture. Historian William Henry Scott noted any theory which describes such details for the period must be pure hypothesis, and thus be honestly presented as such.

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