Category Archives: Origin of the Filipino
Backpost*: The Denisovans and the Mamanwas
In a post almost 3 years ago, I wrote about the ancient connection of the Philippine Negrito groups with indigenous …
Philippine language relations: Reply to comments…
First, a big thanks to everybody for being engaged in what I thought was just a simple map to visualize relationships …
Philippine language relations in a map
“The number of individual languages listed for Philippines is 185. Of these, 181 are living and 4 are extinct. Of …
Complete mtDNA genomes of Filipinos reveal recent and ancient lineages
The plot thickens!
Epic voyage and potteries: an ancient connection between the Philippines and the Marianas
Harvey Pascua and Ronald Ortiz* both live in the Marianas. They share the same first name/surname structure. They look alike. …
Testing the meaning of the Calatagan pot inscriptions
In my previous post I have presented the ‘tentative’ reading of the Calatagan pot inscription by Guillermo and Paluga [1]. In …
A Visayan reading of a Luzon artifact
It is quite difficult to write on something in which everybody claims to be an expert at. As a matter …
Y chromosome reveals more about the Filipinos
“There is a great difference of opinion among ethnologists who have seen these Negritos, as to the race to which …
Questions from the Arubo find
In 2001, an archaeological field work was done by the Archaeological Studies Program of the University of the Philippines with the …
Philippine Mitochondrial DNA Diversity answers some questions on our origin
Ever since I can remember, the peopling of the Philippine Islands written in our history books has always been based …
Is Callao man the new oldest Filipino?
Definitely the Callao man is a human. However, proof is still needed to show that he is a MODERN human …