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    The document discusses two sources that describe the discovery of Tabon Man, considered the earliest known human remains in the Philippines. Robert B. Fox, an American anthropologist from the National Museum in the Philippines, is assessed to be the more credible primary source. He personally excavated the Tabon Cave site in 1962 where he found scattered fossil bones and fragments. The secondary source is by William Henry Scott, whose article provides commentary and interpretations of Tabon Man but does not establish he directly participated in the excavation. Between the two authors, Robert B. Fox discovered Tabon Man based on conducting the original excavation and providing specific details of the findings and sequence of events.

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    The document discusses two sources that describe the discovery of Tabon Man, considered the earliest known human remains in the Philippines. Robert B. Fox, an American anthropologist from the National Museum in the Philippines, is assessed to be the more credible primary source. He personally excavated the Tabon Cave site in 1962 where he found scattered fossil bones and fragments. The secondary source is by William Henry Scott, whose article provides commentary and interpretations of Tabon Man but does not establish he directly participated in the excavation. Between the two authors, Robert B. Fox discovered Tabon Man based on conducting the original excavation and providing specific details of the findings and sequence of events.

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    The document discusses two sources that describe the discovery of Tabon Man, considered the earliest known human remains in the Philippines. Robert B. Fox, an American anthropologist from the National Museum in the Philippines, is assessed to be the more credible primary source. He personally excavated the Tabon Cave site in 1962 where he found scattered fossil bones and fragments. The secondary source is by William Henry Scott, whose article provides commentary and interpretations of Tabon Man but does not establish he directly participated in the excavation. Between the two authors, Robert B. Fox discovered Tabon Man based on conducting the original excavation and providing specific details of the findings and sequence of events.

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    The document discusses two sources that describe the discovery of Tabon Man, considered the earliest known human remains in the Philippines. Robert B. Fox, an American anthropologist from the National Museum in the Philippines, is assessed to be the more credible primary source. He personally excavated the Tabon Cave site in 1962 where he found scattered fossil bones and fragments. The secondary source is by William Henry Scott, whose article provides commentary and interpretations of Tabon Man but does not establish he directly participated in the excavation. Between the two authors, Robert B. Fox discovered Tabon Man based on conducting the original excavation and providing specific details of the findings and sequence of events.

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    CENAS, YLAIZAH RHAINE C.

    OCTOBER 9, 2021
    CRIM- A

    ACTIVITY 1.1
    WHAT WAS THEN CONSIDERED THE EARLIEST KNOWN HUMAN REMAINS
    IN THE PHILIPPINES – TABON MAN.

    GUIDE QUESTION:
    1. Which is the primary source and the secondary source between the two readings?

    The primary source of the two readings would be the one written by Robert
    b. fox. During his excavation the scattered fossil bones were excavated. He found
    out that there are some large fragments have been seen along the cave. He has
    more credible sources to provide a statement that the first human remains in the
    Philippines was the tabon man. Robert b. fox an American anthropologist of the
    national museum in the Philippines found out by himself on May 28, 1962.

    The secondary source is the work of William henry Scott. Based on my


    understanding about his article it seems to be a commentary article for his journal
    about the tabon man. He has different facts of interpretations about the tabon man,
    he added some details and scenarios blending in today. It was written that tabon
    man dressed decently just like the people nowadays.

    2. Do a credibility analysis of the two sources. Who between the two authors is more
    credible to talk about the topic.?

    These two articles and the authors of this reading about tabon man was
    incredibly amazing to publish in public this information of the first earliest known
    human found in the Philippines. The tabon man was the remains that were found
    and discovered in the tabon cave in Palawan Island in the Philippines. There are
    two authors who did research regarding about the first finding of tabon man. The
    authors have said in their articles that they have resources of this information and
    found some materials to study. But for me, the more credible source that was
    published about the tabon man was written by Robert b. fox. The author’s
    background clearly states that based on their profession Robert B. Fox now is
    more than credible than William Henry Scott. The mention of dates in both
    excerpts can also determine who is more credible between the two authors. In the
    excerpt of Fox, he states the duration of the initial excavations of Tabon cave on
    June and July of 1962 which means that he, himself conducted the excavation at
    that time while Scott approached to the dates where it was discovered were more
    leaning on to the current information that Fox says in his excerpt and nowhere it
    said the Scott did mention about the excavation. These two alone affects the
    reliability of the accounts on who comes first than the other one. Another notably
    difference between the two authors were the way they sequence the events of the
    finding of the Tabon man. Robert B. Fox explains the sequence of the event
    specifically as if it was directly observed making placing him as the reliable source
    on the Tabon man discovery. Between the two account the other one doesn’t make
    the other one less valid or reliable but in the context of finding who discovered the
    Tabon man, it was clearly Robert B. Fox who discovered it in the Tabon Cave in
    Palawan. Their profession also plays a big role in whose stating it based on
    experience or work.

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