[gleeaikin]

So, have these skeletons been C14 dated? Also, was there a time estimated for when these skeletons/bodies were buried? Could they have been brought back by an American seafarer who spent time in the Far East. Who did the varnish job?

[SunkenCiv]

The varnish job was probably done locally -- had the remains been handed over to the Smithsonian, they'd have been dumped in the Atlantic.

[Fred Nerks]

There are many tribes of ‘little people’ in the Philippines, my guess is they are the descendants of the ‘new species’ that are the subject of this article.

ETHNONYMS: Aeta, Atta, Baluga, Batak, Dumagat, Mamanwa, Pugut

The Negritos of the Philippines are comprised of approximately twenty-five widely scattered ethnolinguistic groups totaling an estimated 15,000 people. They are located on several major islands in the country: Luzon, Palawan, Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Mindanao. They are assumed to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the archipelago...

https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/philippine-negritos

[Fred Nerks]

Negrito Aeta woman, Luzon, Philippines