北非中石器时代的居民体质上与欧洲和近东群体(populacion)相类似。他们在当代北非人的基因库(gene pool)中留有痕迹,特别是在受后来之入侵者影响较小的柏柏尔集团的基因库中留有痕迹。在较晚一些时期,北非曾多次接受来自欧洲和西亚的基因流动(gene flow)及文化成分。约至公元前4500年,新石器时代的农业和家畜由西南亚传到埃及,然后沿地中海海岸向西一直传播到大西洋沿岸;冶金学也从 The Mesoamerican inhabitants of North Africa are physically similar to the populacion in Europe and the Near East. They left marks in the gene pool of contemporary North African humans, especially in the Berber Group's gene pool, which was less affected by subsequent invaders. At a later time, North Africa has repeatedly received gene flow and cultural components from Europe and West Asia. From about 4500 BC, the Neolithic agriculture and livestock spread from southwest Asia to Egypt and then westward along the Mediterranean coast to the Atlantic coast. Metallurgy also evolved from