The earliest site includes the Nanzhuangtou culture around 9500 to 9000 BC in East Asia. Around 7500 BC to 6100, the Pengtoushan culture and Peiligang culture around 7000 BC to 5000 BC fall into the Neolithic. Near Yixian in Hebei Province, China, relics of a culture co-existing with the Cishan and Xinglongwa cultures of about 6000 BC to 5000 BC were found.

Around 7000 BC, settled life bean in South Asia in the region of Balochistan, Pakistan. The domestication of wheat and barley rapidly followed by that of goats, sheep, and cattle. There is also evidence for the drilling of teeth.

In South India, the Neolithic began by 6500 BC. It lasted until 1400 BC This period is characterized by Ash mounds from 2500 BC.

Between 3000 BC and 1900 BC, the Longshan culture existed in the middle and lower Yellow River Valley areas of northern China. Towards the end of 3000 BC, the population decreased sharply. Many areas were abandoned, possibly due to environmental change linked to the end of the Holocene Climatic Optimum (= warm period between 7000 BC to 3000 BC).

In small and extremely remote and inaccessible areas of West Papua (= Indonesian New Guinea) remains in the Neolithic period (2022). Polished stone adzes and axes are used in areas where metal is limited. This will change in the future.