page_title: Prehistory of the Philippines
section_title: Homo luzonensis (c. 50,000–67,000 years ago)
hierarchical_section_title: Prehistory of the Philippines / Pleistocene / Homo luzonensis (c. 50,000–67,000 years ago)
caption_attribution_description: English: Five teeth attributed to Homo luzonensis.
context_page_description: The prehistory of the Philippines covers the events prior to the written history of what is now the Philippines. The current demarcation between this period and the Early history of the Philippines is April 21, 900, which is the equivalent on the Proleptic Gregorian calendar for the date indicated on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription—the earliest known surviving written record to come from the Philippines. This period saw the immense change that took hold of the archipelago from Stone Age cultures in the fourth century, continuing on with the gradual widening of trade until 900 and the first surviving written records.
context_section_description: In the same stratigraphic layer where the third metatarsal was discovered, continued excavations revealed 12 fossil bones (7  postcanine maxillary teeth, 2 manual phalanges, 2 pedal phalanges, 1 femoral shaft) from three hominin individuals. These remains and the Callao Man were identified to belong to a new species of hominins, Homo luzonensis.
caption: Five teeth attributed to Homo luzonensis.
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