Understanding

Culture, Society,
and Politics
Learning Objective
The learners:

analyze the significance of cultural, social, political

and economic symbols and practices
 01
THE HUMAN
BIOLOGICAL
EVOLUTION
The Evolution Theory
by Charles Darwin

The evolution theory states that all forms of life

started from simple forms and transformed to
complex ones.
 Principles of Natural Selection

Variation Inheritance Survival of the

every species is made up of a
variety of individuals
organisms produce offspring
with different sets of traits that
can be inherited
Fittest
organisms that have traits most
suitable to their environment
will survive and these variations
are passed on to their offspring
in subsequent generations.
 The Means of Cultural Adaptations of Early
Humans
01 02 03

Cranial Teeth Bipedal

The brain was important for The teeth were very essential The most essential characteristic
making tools. during the early times not just for of hominids is walking upright
holding food. on two legs.
 Philippine Prehistoric Man

It was discovered in the Lipuun Point Reservation of

Tabon Man the Tabon Caves Complex in the southern part of
Palawan Island by Dr. Robert Fox (1918-1985)

It was excavated in 2007 in Callao Cave, Peñablanca,

Cagayan Valley, Homo
Philippines by an international multidisciplinary Luzonensis
team led by Dr. Armand Salvador Mijares
02
THE
PREHISTORIC
HUMAN
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Prehistoric Period
The development of early human society

Stone tools – metal

Fire (food, light, rituals)

Clothes
Clay pots
Cave art
 Activity: Create a Timeline

Trace the biological evolution of homo species

using a timeline.

Select the significant events and justify these

events within the period.