The proto-Mongols emerged from an area which had been inhabited by humans and predecessor hominin species as far back as the Stone Age over 800,000 years ago. The peoples there went through the Bronze and Iron Ages, forming tribal alliances and coming into conflict with early China.

The proto-Mongols emerged from an area which had been inhabited by humans and predecessor hominin species as far back as the Stone Age over 800,000 years ago. The peoples there went through the Bronze and Iron Ages, forming tribal alliances and coming into conflict with early China.