In the latest issue of the Journal of Field Archaeology, an article titled A Mismatched Piece in a Cultural Middle Stone Age Puzzle. Traces of Human Activity Dated to 90 kya (MIS 5) at Sites EDAR 134 and 155 in the Eastern Sahara, Sudan has been published by an international research team, co-authored by Grzegorz Michalec and Prof. Mirosław Masojć from Our Institute.

The publication presents the results of research carried out at two previously unreported Eastern Desert Atbara River project (EDAR) Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites—EDAR 134 and EDAR 155. Luminescence dating results indicate human activity in this area during the Marine Isotope Stage 5 period (MIS 5), approximately 90 kya, providing evidence for hominin activity during the late Pleistocene within an area only episodically accessible, due to arid conditions prevailing in the Saharan deserts.