Under a German-Moroccan cooperation, research into the early settlement history of eastern Morocco is taking place. One focus of this project is the archaeological excavations in the Ifri n'Ammar cave. The interaction of different disciplines in the processing of the extensive finds from the Ifri n'Ammar revealed many new and important insights into North African cultural sequences and environmental conditions in the time frame of 200,000 - 30,000 years ago. Cultural carrier of the Middle Palaeolithic Aterian is the anatomically modern human of African origin, who distinguishes himself in the Ifri n'Ammar through early and symbolic creations of art and jewelry. French text.