The Balkan Peninsula, an important crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe and a hotspot of biodiversity during warm interglacial periods, served as a refugium for hominins (modern humans and extinct human species) during cold glacial periods. These complementary roles make this the key region to resolving several major questions about the evolution and migrations of ancient humans during the Pleistocene. Recent surveys and excavations of Palaeolithic sites in Serbia have demonstrated the exciting potential of the region; however, the Palaeolithic of the Balkans remains understudied. The MIRA project integrates archaeological, palaeoanthropological, chronological, biogeographic, and palaeoenvironmental data with heritage preservation, curation, and dissemination to reconstruct the movement of human ancestors through the Balkans and the interactions of different lineages within the geographic nexus. These finds will donate to the understanding of the necessary cultural and biological adaptations that allowed for African hominin migration into temperate Europe and contributed to the resilience of human lineages to climate fluctuations at the shifting contact between Mediterranean and Continental climates in the Central Balkans. Excavations are currently ongoing at several sites throughout southern, eastern, and western Serbia with expansion into Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025.