Philippine History
Early History
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The Negritos are believed to have migrated to the Philippines some 30,000 years ago fromBorneo, Sumatra, and Malaya. The Malayans followed in successive waves. These people belonged to a primitiveepoch of Malayan culture, which has apparently survived to this day among certain groups such as the Igorots. TheMalayan tribes that came later had more highly developed materialcultures.