4. Late Neolithic

    • Proto-Austroasiatic is formed by now.

    • Bodish migration into Tibet.

    • Sinitic continues to expand.

    • Old Liaoxi collapses at the start of the Late Neolithic.

    • Increased Altaic influence in the north.

    • Austronesian migrates into the Philippines.

    • All peoples start moving southward due to the changing global climate. This process accelerates during the Bronze Age.