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Various genetic studies on Filipinos have been performed, to analyze the population genetics of the various ethnic groups in the Philippines.. The results of a DNA study conducted by the National Geographic's "The Genographic Project", based on genetic testings of Filipino people by the National Geographic in 2008–2009, found that the Philippines is made up of around 53% Southeast Asia and ...
Traditional homelands of the Indigenous peoples of the Philippines Overview of the spread & overlap of languages spoken throughout the country as of March 2017. There are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos, starting with the "Waves of Migration" hypothesis of H. Otley Beyer in 1948, which claimed that Filipinos were "Indonesians" and "Malays" who migrated to ...
The results of a massive DNA study conducted by the National Geographic's, "The Genographic Project", based on genetic testings of 80,000 Filipino people by the National Geographic in 2008–2009, found that the average Filipino's genes are around 53% Southeast Asia and Oceania, 36% East Asian, 5% Southern European, 3% South Asian and 2% Native ...
[482] [483] Ethnic Filipinos generally belong to several Southeast Asian ethnic groups, classified linguistically as Austronesians speaking Malayo-Polynesian languages. [484] The Austronesian population's origin is uncertain, but relatives of Taiwanese aborigines probably brought their language and mixed with the region's existing population.
Nevertheless, a 2019 Anthropology Study by Matthew Go, published in the Journal of Human Biology, using physical anthropology, estimated that, 72.7% of Filipinos are Asian, 12.7% of Filipinos can be classified as Hispanic (Latin-American Mestizos or Austronesian-Spanish Mestizos), 7.3% as Indigenous American, African at 4.5% and European at 2.7%.
Mali, a female Asian elephant, an endangered species, gave birth to a 220-pound male calf in the early morning hours on Oct. 24, according to a news release from the zoo. Ten hours later, to the ...
The zoo counters that popular opinions about what’s considered best for elephants in general or in the wild are not the best for these elephants, and that the requirement of habeas corpus that ...
The population of Asian elephants in the wild continues to decline, and they are classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List.. Today there are only ...