It was during the period of southern Yue Kingdom that Zhuang-Dai ethnic group was differentiated into two groups of Dai and Zhuang,after which the Yue people of Zhuang-Dai ethnic group moving to the west and those leaving in the east were kept apart by the mountain and river,seldom contacted with each other.
壮傣群体越人分化为傣、壮两群体是在南越国时期。
People and History——Origin of Yue People;
越人应是哀牢时腾越的主体民族——从实证与史籍说起
Yue people lived in the area from southeast coast to Guangdong,Guangxi,Yunnan,and Guizhou from the late neolithic age on.
在先秦时期濮、越异源,当时濮人主要分布在江汉流域,后有一部分向南、向西迁移到我国的西南地区;越人则自新石器时代后期开始就分布在自东南沿海到两广、云贵的广大区域内。
According to this paper, stone implement with shoulders isn t necessarily the patent of Yue people.
有段有肩石器并非越人所专有,夜郎主体民族是濮人,贵州是华南地区文化发源地。