KerguelenExileDissident
04-02-2009, 08:22 PM
Okay I'd like to say I really digressed when I wrote this and was really brief toward the end but I will likely add a lot more to it later on, I just wanted to get this out there for now.
One of the most interesting topics involving race which can be rather extremely difficult to understand due to huge amount of diversity and complexity is that of race in the Philippines. To be quite honest, when one thinks of Philippines, it is one of the few countries were the immediate stereotypical pictures of a given race example that normally forms, doesn't seem to clearly form or has varying opinions. The Philippines is extremely diverse racially and also culturally much more than perhaps many countries. This diversity has also had trouble with national identification and well as unique cultural blends that may be hard to identify. The Philippines remains a unique study for this interesting in race and sub-groups of human topics due to its complexity and its diversity.
Now one may ask why I have interesting in address this topic on this board, and it is mainly to clear up and paint a objective picture of race in the Philippines which most have no clue how to identify and also just to understand the interaction of races in its time.
The Archaic historical origins of race in the Philippines have its roots in the typical understanding. The first group of humans to arrive on the island was likely some sort of Proto-Negroid (usually identified with one of the oldest human races). These Proto-Negroids are basically more or less the same individuals that associated with native Australians and those living in rural areas of the original genetic population of the Andaman Islands (Archipelago southeast of India). It is very important to note for racial reasons that Proto-Negroids are NOT Congoids or Negroids i.e. modern day Sub-Saharan Africans. Modern day sub-Saharan African races are actually not much older than other races such as White Caucasian, Semitic Caucasian, or Mongoloid. These Sub-Saharan African populations replaced the original Proto-Negroids in sub-Saharan Africa ages ago. This clears up a common notion that modern day sub-Saharan Africans are the ancestors of all modern day humans which is clearly false. Most humans are descended from a human racial group much older group of Proto-Proto-Negroids which were basically earliest type of human of which identify physical anthropology of these first humans remains difficult to identify. What we do know is that Sub-Saharan Africans look different enough to categorize them as a different race from Proto-Negroids or basically Australoids. Australoids have straight hair while Negroids do not. There facial characteristics are markedly different, having deep eyebrow bridges, less fleshy face, and more interestingly, completely different mental character, one more suited for nomadic existence and observably less violent then Negroids and Capoids.
At any rate while these groups were replaced in Africa, they managed to survive in India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Australia. Genetic evidence of a ancient Proto-Negroid migration that follows along the southern Asian coast and extending coastal areas down to Australia. Basically these Proto-Negroids migrated across the warm areas of Southern Asia along the Indian Ocean coast due to their similar environment to Africa. These ancient migrations can still be found in the rural backwater areas were other racial groups influence was less and less away from the main center of Agglomeration. Today, remarkably some rural areas such as Sentinel Islands still have groups that have not made contact with civilization and are currently protected by the Indian government. These people are rare example in which one can gain a rare glimpse into ancient societies of tens of thousands of years ago.
These Proto-Negroids eventually migrated to the Philippines and basically are so far as we know the original inhabitants of the island. These people of Proto-Negroids are also known as Negritos. The Negritos lived on the island from around 30,000 B.C. and still in some rural areas live there today.
Oddly enough the Asians, who are mostly typically associated with the islands, did not arrive until around 5,000 to 6,000 years ago (3,000 B.C. – 4,000 B.C.). These groups of people were known as Austronesians, a group of Asians themselves already likely a hybrid race themselves of Asians and Negritos. The Asians which likely originated somewhere in Eastern Siberia dispersed and eventually settled all the way down to the island of New Guinea which was never fully settled and to this day remains very much Negrito population. These groups of people continued to settle and overrun the populations, killing them off in wars or mixing with them. Eventually they became the dominant group. The dominant Austronesian group brought with them agriculture and construction of tribal villages differing greatly from the Stone Age nomads who were already living there. Civilization started relatively late on the islands around the 5th century A.D. This was likely due to cultural influence from China and possible arrival of Chinese and other Asian genetic/culture with it, however this amount was not significant. Civilization continued to develop as contact with Eastern Asian countries such as China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam continued.
It wasn’t until the 1200’s that Islam came to the island through Arab traders. The Arabs did bring to the islands some middle-eastern admixture but not very much.
The Europeans brought with them in the 1500’s genetic mixture to the islands, and along with Europeans came all sorts of races. Mestizos mostly from Mexico, followed the Spanish. In small amounts all sorts of groups arrived. Virtually all kinds of Mestizo groups from the Americas arrived as well as variety of smaller amounts of Europeans. Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian also settled amongst the population. The island changed hands several times between American, Spanish, and British rule. Finally, settling with American rule in the 20th century and eventually being controlled by Japan. Evetually it became independent and remains one of the most diverse countries in the world if not the most.
Being very brief and trying to gain a proper perspective of the average Filipino is basically difficult because different areas have different percentages of races within their own group and it also varies by geography. For the most part the genetic composition is likely mostly Negrito and Asian/Negrito mixture. With some Mestizo and white mixture and trace amounts of just about everything.
One of the most interesting topics involving race which can be rather extremely difficult to understand due to huge amount of diversity and complexity is that of race in the Philippines. To be quite honest, when one thinks of Philippines, it is one of the few countries were the immediate stereotypical pictures of a given race example that normally forms, doesn't seem to clearly form or has varying opinions. The Philippines is extremely diverse racially and also culturally much more than perhaps many countries. This diversity has also had trouble with national identification and well as unique cultural blends that may be hard to identify. The Philippines remains a unique study for this interesting in race and sub-groups of human topics due to its complexity and its diversity.
Now one may ask why I have interesting in address this topic on this board, and it is mainly to clear up and paint a objective picture of race in the Philippines which most have no clue how to identify and also just to understand the interaction of races in its time.
The Archaic historical origins of race in the Philippines have its roots in the typical understanding. The first group of humans to arrive on the island was likely some sort of Proto-Negroid (usually identified with one of the oldest human races). These Proto-Negroids are basically more or less the same individuals that associated with native Australians and those living in rural areas of the original genetic population of the Andaman Islands (Archipelago southeast of India). It is very important to note for racial reasons that Proto-Negroids are NOT Congoids or Negroids i.e. modern day Sub-Saharan Africans. Modern day sub-Saharan African races are actually not much older than other races such as White Caucasian, Semitic Caucasian, or Mongoloid. These Sub-Saharan African populations replaced the original Proto-Negroids in sub-Saharan Africa ages ago. This clears up a common notion that modern day sub-Saharan Africans are the ancestors of all modern day humans which is clearly false. Most humans are descended from a human racial group much older group of Proto-Proto-Negroids which were basically earliest type of human of which identify physical anthropology of these first humans remains difficult to identify. What we do know is that Sub-Saharan Africans look different enough to categorize them as a different race from Proto-Negroids or basically Australoids. Australoids have straight hair while Negroids do not. There facial characteristics are markedly different, having deep eyebrow bridges, less fleshy face, and more interestingly, completely different mental character, one more suited for nomadic existence and observably less violent then Negroids and Capoids.
At any rate while these groups were replaced in Africa, they managed to survive in India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Australia. Genetic evidence of a ancient Proto-Negroid migration that follows along the southern Asian coast and extending coastal areas down to Australia. Basically these Proto-Negroids migrated across the warm areas of Southern Asia along the Indian Ocean coast due to their similar environment to Africa. These ancient migrations can still be found in the rural backwater areas were other racial groups influence was less and less away from the main center of Agglomeration. Today, remarkably some rural areas such as Sentinel Islands still have groups that have not made contact with civilization and are currently protected by the Indian government. These people are rare example in which one can gain a rare glimpse into ancient societies of tens of thousands of years ago.
These Proto-Negroids eventually migrated to the Philippines and basically are so far as we know the original inhabitants of the island. These people of Proto-Negroids are also known as Negritos. The Negritos lived on the island from around 30,000 B.C. and still in some rural areas live there today.
Oddly enough the Asians, who are mostly typically associated with the islands, did not arrive until around 5,000 to 6,000 years ago (3,000 B.C. – 4,000 B.C.). These groups of people were known as Austronesians, a group of Asians themselves already likely a hybrid race themselves of Asians and Negritos. The Asians which likely originated somewhere in Eastern Siberia dispersed and eventually settled all the way down to the island of New Guinea which was never fully settled and to this day remains very much Negrito population. These groups of people continued to settle and overrun the populations, killing them off in wars or mixing with them. Eventually they became the dominant group. The dominant Austronesian group brought with them agriculture and construction of tribal villages differing greatly from the Stone Age nomads who were already living there. Civilization started relatively late on the islands around the 5th century A.D. This was likely due to cultural influence from China and possible arrival of Chinese and other Asian genetic/culture with it, however this amount was not significant. Civilization continued to develop as contact with Eastern Asian countries such as China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam continued.
It wasn’t until the 1200’s that Islam came to the island through Arab traders. The Arabs did bring to the islands some middle-eastern admixture but not very much.
The Europeans brought with them in the 1500’s genetic mixture to the islands, and along with Europeans came all sorts of races. Mestizos mostly from Mexico, followed the Spanish. In small amounts all sorts of groups arrived. Virtually all kinds of Mestizo groups from the Americas arrived as well as variety of smaller amounts of Europeans. Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian also settled amongst the population. The island changed hands several times between American, Spanish, and British rule. Finally, settling with American rule in the 20th century and eventually being controlled by Japan. Evetually it became independent and remains one of the most diverse countries in the world if not the most.
Being very brief and trying to gain a proper perspective of the average Filipino is basically difficult because different areas have different percentages of races within their own group and it also varies by geography. For the most part the genetic composition is likely mostly Negrito and Asian/Negrito mixture. With some Mestizo and white mixture and trace amounts of just about everything.