Interesting genetics from south China / north Vietnam, 8000 BC.
There were three races here, in three places: Fujian, Guangxi, Viet. (The latter are termed "Hòabìnhian hunter gatherers".) None of these races survive in any of these locales today except as traces. The article claims that Guangxi was first to go. They were swamped by Fujian, with some introgression from Vietnam as well. This happened 7000-4000 BC.
So, I take it, Fujian adopted some Chalcolithic / Ceramic farming practice and expanded their population.
It's all moot since the Tang régime, or so I gather from "≤ 1500 BP". The Han swamped the lot. Even the Viets got heftily HANNED. In the north, anyway; although, that lot did keep its language.
Old Fujian language could be Austronesian, but my money is on Kra-Dai now clustered in that Thai-Lao basin. Old Hòabìnhian may well be Austroasiatic aka Mon-Khmer. As for Guangxi's ancestral tongue I dunno. Hmong? Seems like the thing to do if your homeland's been took, just run for the hills.
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