 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Vanhu vokutanga vakaberekwa vari vanhu vemazuva ano Homo sapiens sapiens vari kuNorth Africa ndivo vakatanga tsika yeAterian, yevanhu vakatanga kurarama panguva yeMiddle Stone Age kana kuti Middle Palaeolithic. Zvinyorwa zvekare zveAterian zvakatangira makore anenge 145 000 akapfuura, uye zvakawanikwa panzvimbo yeIfri nAmmar muMorocco. Iyi indasitiri yakateverwa neIberomaurusian tsika, indasitiri yakatsigirwa nemabladelet inowanikwa muMaghreb yose. Yakatanga kurondedzerwa muna 1909 panzvimbo inonzi Abri Mouillah. Mamwe mazita etsika iyi yakabatana neCro-Magnon anosanganisira Mouillian uye Oranian. Vagadziri veEpipaleolithic Iberomaurusian vaive munzvimbo dzepamberi penhoroondo, senge Taforalt neMehta-Afalou. Ivo vakatsiviwa navaCapsian. Tsika yeCapsian inowanzofungidzirwa kuti yakasvika muAfrica ichibva kuNear East, kunyange zvazvo ichikurudzirwawo kuti vaIberomaurusians vangave vaiva madzitateguru evaCapsian. Munenge muna 5000 BC, vanhu vekuNorth Africa vaive vazukuru vevakagadzira tsika dzeIberomaurusian neCapsian, nekupinda kwechangobva kuitika kwakabatana neNeolithic revolution. 