Małgorzata Kot
@malgorzatakot.bsky.social
Archaeologist interested in Neanderthals and their lithic technologies.
Usually somewhere between Central Asia and Central Europe.
Professor at the #University of Warsaw
Usually somewhere between Central Asia and Central Europe.
Professor at the #University of Warsaw
4-year postdoc position in INASIA ERC project for a lithic specialist who would like to join our Central Asian research group at @UniWarszawski
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
4-year postdoc position in INASIA ERC project for a lithic specialist who would like to join our Central Asian research group at @UniWarszawski
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
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We are hiring!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We are hiring!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
it was quite a hike.
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
it was quite a hike.
Dziękuję Pani Redaktor Zawadzkiej z @forumakademickie.bsky.social za dobrą rozmowę.
Zanim dostała swój pierwszy grant NCN, aplikowała 13 razy. Grantu @erc.europa.eu za pierwszym podejściem też nie zdobyła. A poszukiwania jaskini na miejsce badań to już w ogóle filmowy scenariusz.
– Moja historia pokazuje, że nie można się poddawać – mówi @malgorzatakot.bsky.social ⬇️
– Moja historia pokazuje, że nie można się poddawać – mówi @malgorzatakot.bsky.social ⬇️
Małgorzata Kot: Moja historia pokazuje, że nie można się poddawać
Amerykański naukowiec nie ma problemu z tym, by powiedzieć, że jest najlepszym badaczem w swojej dziedzinie. W Polsce raczej nikt się nie odważy. Ta skromność powoduje, że nie myślimy o sobie i swoich...
forumakademickie.pl
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Dziękuję Pani Redaktor Zawadzkiej z @forumakademickie.bsky.social za dobrą rozmowę.
Reposted by Małgorzata Kot
Nature research paper: Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs
go.nature.com/3I5LjKN
go.nature.com/3I5LjKN
Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs - Nature
Analyses of ancient human DNA show that cultural and political transformations in Central Europe during the second half of the first millennium ce were associated with movements of Slavic populations into Germany, Poland and Croatia.
go.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Nature research paper: Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs
go.nature.com/3I5LjKN
go.nature.com/3I5LjKN
While walking through the mountains one can collect a nice comparative collection at once. After 6-dau trek we have a skulls of capra sibirica and sus scrofa and a half of ursus arctos issabelinus.
August 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
While walking through the mountains one can collect a nice comparative collection at once. After 6-dau trek we have a skulls of capra sibirica and sus scrofa and a half of ursus arctos issabelinus.
And here it is. The second part of Natalia Gryczewska's PhD thesis, "Faecal biomarkers as evidence of human presence in cave sites," was published in JAS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... I am so proud of you, girl.
Faecal biomarkers as evidence of human presence in the caves of Kraków-Częstochowa Upland
This study investigates past human presence at cave sites by analysing faecal biomarkers—specifically sterols, bile acids and phosphorus—and compares …
www.sciencedirect.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
And here it is. The second part of Natalia Gryczewska's PhD thesis, "Faecal biomarkers as evidence of human presence in cave sites," was published in JAS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... I am so proud of you, girl.
Reposted by Małgorzata Kot
When you uncover new archaeological horizons with bones, combustion structures and MP blades the only thing you can do is… dance!
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
July 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
When you uncover new archaeological horizons with bones, combustion structures and MP blades the only thing you can do is… dance!
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
with such a great team and amazing findings, all one can do is dance.
July 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
with such a great team and amazing findings, all one can do is dance.
Reposted by Małgorzata Kot
June 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reposted by Małgorzata Kot
This season we excavate Kiik Kamar Cava in south-eastern Uzbekistan.
It is circa 100sqm single chamber cave with a big triangular entrance heading west.
photos by @hermano
#erc #ExcellentScience #HorizonEurope #ArcheologicalResearch
It is circa 100sqm single chamber cave with a big triangular entrance heading west.
photos by @hermano
#erc #ExcellentScience #HorizonEurope #ArcheologicalResearch
June 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This season we excavate Kiik Kamar Cava in south-eastern Uzbekistan.
It is circa 100sqm single chamber cave with a big triangular entrance heading west.
photos by @hermano
#erc #ExcellentScience #HorizonEurope #ArcheologicalResearch
It is circa 100sqm single chamber cave with a big triangular entrance heading west.
photos by @hermano
#erc #ExcellentScience #HorizonEurope #ArcheologicalResearch
Reposted by Małgorzata Kot
Fieldwork - Day 3
Basecamp
Due to unbelievable hospitality of Uzbek people in Kashkadarya our team had the oportunity to set up a basecamp in a nice private garden. A little bit more work and the basecamp with a mobile lab is ready.
video by @hermano
#expedition #ERC #archeology #excavations
Basecamp
Due to unbelievable hospitality of Uzbek people in Kashkadarya our team had the oportunity to set up a basecamp in a nice private garden. A little bit more work and the basecamp with a mobile lab is ready.
video by @hermano
#expedition #ERC #archeology #excavations
June 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Fieldwork - Day 3
Basecamp
Due to unbelievable hospitality of Uzbek people in Kashkadarya our team had the oportunity to set up a basecamp in a nice private garden. A little bit more work and the basecamp with a mobile lab is ready.
video by @hermano
#expedition #ERC #archeology #excavations
Basecamp
Due to unbelievable hospitality of Uzbek people in Kashkadarya our team had the oportunity to set up a basecamp in a nice private garden. A little bit more work and the basecamp with a mobile lab is ready.
video by @hermano
#expedition #ERC #archeology #excavations
Reposted by Małgorzata Kot
⛏️ 3 years of pilot studies
🔦16 Central Asian caves
⛰️10 test trenches
🧗🏾♂️200km of high mountain treks through Tian Shan and Pamir-Alay
... and here we start our outstanding scientific journey with the ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu INASIA housed at @UniversityofWarsaw
🔦16 Central Asian caves
⛰️10 test trenches
🧗🏾♂️200km of high mountain treks through Tian Shan and Pamir-Alay
... and here we start our outstanding scientific journey with the ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu INASIA housed at @UniversityofWarsaw
April 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
⛏️ 3 years of pilot studies
🔦16 Central Asian caves
⛰️10 test trenches
🧗🏾♂️200km of high mountain treks through Tian Shan and Pamir-Alay
... and here we start our outstanding scientific journey with the ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu INASIA housed at @UniversityofWarsaw
🔦16 Central Asian caves
⛰️10 test trenches
🧗🏾♂️200km of high mountain treks through Tian Shan and Pamir-Alay
... and here we start our outstanding scientific journey with the ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu INASIA housed at @UniversityofWarsaw
Check out our final results on the reliability of the diacritic approach in lithics. We tested how many errors beginners and experts make, which factors impede the outcome, and gave some hints. For more, scroll
sciencedirect.com/science/articl
sciencedirect.com/science/articl
sciencedirect.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Check out our final results on the reliability of the diacritic approach in lithics. We tested how many errors beginners and experts make, which factors impede the outcome, and gave some hints. For more, scroll
sciencedirect.com/science/articl
sciencedirect.com/science/articl
Is it the first sign of a big change or the cry of despair of the last righteous? I hope for the first one. Using AI for editing & proof without authors consent is far beyond the standards
Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
December 27, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Is it the first sign of a big change or the cry of despair of the last righteous? I hope for the first one. Using AI for editing & proof without authors consent is far beyond the standards
I am thrilled to share the news that I was awarded #ERC_Consolidator Grant for studying the problem of Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Central Asia. Stay tuner for #INASIA project
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Consolidator Grants: ERC awards €678m in grants to back excellent research across Europe
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its 2024 Consolidator Grants to 328 researchers across Europe. These grants, totalling €678 million, aim to support outstanding scientists and scholars ...
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December 3, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I am thrilled to share the news that I was awarded #ERC_Consolidator Grant for studying the problem of Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Central Asia. Stay tuner for #INASIA project
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...