Early and middle Paleolithic Prehistoric North Africa

dolmen @ roknia. roknia necropolis in guelma region of north-east algeria consisting of more 7000 dolmens spread on area of 2 km.

the earliest inhabitants of central north africa have left behind significant remains: remnants of hominid occupation in north africa, example, found in ain el hanech, near saïda (c. 200,000 bce); in fact, more recent investigations have found signs of oldowan technology there, , indicate date of 1.8 million bc. studies have placed earliest settlement of homo sapiens in north africa around 160,000 years ago according sources, north africa site of highest state of development of middle paleolithic flake-tool techniques. tools of era, starting 130,000 bce, called aterian(after site bir el ater, south of annaba) , marked high standard of workmanship, great variety, , specialization.