The Philippines is an archepelago of 7,107 island in the south China Sea situated between Taiwan to the north and Borneo to the South. just 2,000 of it island are inhabited and only 500 are larger than a kilometer square. The nine largest island of Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Panay, Mindoro, Samar, Negros, Leyte and Cebu make up 90% of the nation's land area.The original people of the Philippines we the ancestors of the people know today as Negritos or Aeta. They are an Australo-Melanesian people with dark skin and tight, curly brown hair. they are also distictively small and of short stature. As the Pygmies in the equatorial forest of Africa, the Aeta are believe to have adapted locally to the tropical jungles of the Philippines.The Aetas are a nomadic hunting and gathering people who forage in small family bands with an informal organization and leadership. They were once widespead throughout the Philippinesw but are now found only in the remote highland areas of Luzon, Palawan, Panay, Negros and Mindano.