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FL Jocano 1967
FL Jocano 1967
F. Landa Jocano
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The Beginnings of Filipino
Societv and Culture
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F. LANDA JOCANO
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notable discoveries of fossilized creatures resembling modern
man in some respects and differing from him in many others.
For example, the size and shape of these creatures' teeth and
the thickness of their skulls are ape-like, but their other bone
structures are very close to those of modern man.
When we consider the widespread distribution of pre-
historic men in various islands of southeast Asia in general,
and in the Philippines in particular, the major question is
this: By what means did these early men reach the places
where their fossil remains are found today? If we are to answer
this question satisfactorily, it is important to begin by con-
sidering at least in broad outline the geological history of the
area. Second, since man generally acquires and develops nkill
and power to deal with his environment from his forebears
in the course of time, it is equally important to consider,
however briefly, the main steps in his emergence as a biolog-
ical entity and as a tool-using and tool-making individual.
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