This history is from Dr. Henry Otley Beyer's theory of waves of migration. This theory is long been debunked by many prehistoric scholars like F. I am also wondering why many still believe Dr.
Beyer's theory. According to a retired professor of Southeast Asian history, a lot of Philippine historians had an utang ng loob for Beyer, so they didn't feel a need to challenge him. Consequently, for the most part this has left things unchanged in textbooks.
The current Austronesian theory has been supported by arhaeologists and linguists - Dr. Peter Bellwood of Australian National University is a major proponent to this theory. And while Weekeejames may be right that theories may be theories, Bellwood's theory has the most compelling evidence by far.
And the body of evidence continues to grow from various, related, academic fields. The article was currently under peer review but considering the comments of many that it should be featured, I decided to self-nom for feature status.
If you believe you have any ideas for improving it, level them here. You're help getting another Filipino article featured would be much appreciated. Can I request for a picture? I'm not really good with images. I'm hoping that we could improve this article further as this animal is a unique and endangered Philippine treasure. Lenticel , 8 March UTC. Help wanted in cleaning up. He is of the party which thinks Visayans should not be lumped together. It is really just a matter of opinion whether or not they should be lumped together in Wikipedia.
