To this day there are many things we don’t know about how modern humans first reached and populated the Philippines. The latest scientific knowledge proposes that around 4,200 to 4,000 years before present, Austronesian-speaking people traveled south from Taiwan and eventually occupied the archipelago, most of Island Southeast Asia and beyond. What we do know […]
The University of the Philippines School of Archeology is set to soft-launch its digital archeology initiative through the UP Heritage and Archaeology through Big Data and Imagery or HABI Laboratory during the first Butuan Balangay International Conference on September 18–19, 2025. Led by UP School of Archeology Dean Lee Anthony M. Neri, the transformative investment […]
An international team discovers three extinct giant rodents unique to the Philippines, alongside remains of the oldest human species and of Neolithic artifacts found in the country, supporting theories on human impact on incredible ancient biodiversity.
This is what the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is trying to find out. One of its key research initiatives is piecing together Filipino genomic identity and history.
International and local archaeologists will convene in an international conference on the Homo luzonensis and Hominin record of Southeast Asia on February 3 to 4 at the College of Science Auditorium, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City; and on February 5 to 6, at Hotel Buntun, Tuguegarao City.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
