The oldest human remains found in the Philippines date back 22,000 years ago. The first inhabitants were Negritos who arrived during the Old Stone Age by walking across land bridges. They were later joined by maritime Indonesians during the New Stone Age. Malays also immigrated and introduced festivals, codes of law, and contributed to Iron Age culture. Ancient Filipinos had developed music, architecture like native houses, and art forms including pottery, wood carvings, tattoos, and petroglyph cave paintings as early as 3000 BC.

1. Philippine Art Pre-Colonial Period

2. HistoryThe oldest human fossil found in the Philippines is the skull cap of a "Stone-Age Filipino", about 22,000 years old.

3. Discovered by Dr. Robert B. Fox, American anthropologist of the National Museum, inside Tabon Cave Palawan, on May 28, 1962. .Tabon Man

4. They came during the Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) walking dry-shod through Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the land bridges and were the first inhabitants..The Coming of the Negritos

5. The IndonesiansFirst Sea-Immigrants

6. They were the maritime Indonesians, who belonged to the Mongoloid race with Caucasian affinities.

7. They belonged to the New Stone Age (Neolithic).The Malays*They belong to the Iron Age culture.*Daring and liberty-loving, the Malays belonged to the brown race.*Prominent contribution: * Ati-atihan festivals * Maragtas chronicle * the Code of Kalantiaw

8. Music»The ancient Filipinos had music practically for all occasions, for every phase of life, from birth to death.

9. Bamboo Zither

10. Gaddang

11. Kulintang

12. Architecture» The ancient Filipinos had first dwelt in caves and has learned the art of architecture as they move and hunt for food.. .

13. Lean-To

14. Tausog house

15. Torogan

16. Ifugao house “BALE”

17. SCULPTURE» The ancient Filipinos had attained a high artistic level through pottery, jewelry, and wood carving.

18. Pottery

19. Jewelry

20. Wood Carvings

21. PAINTINGS» The ancient Filipinos had expressed paintings through tattoos and cave carvings.

22. TattoosThe pintados(painted ones), inhabitants of the Visayan islands as described by the first Spaniards to set eyes upon them, would use sharp metal instruments previously heated over fire.

23. SilupThe tattooing imitated the upper garment worn by the men of north Kalinga.