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Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, US

2023-07-01 to present | Associate Professor (Human Evolutionary Biology)
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Kevin Toshio Uno

Columbia University: New York, NY, US

2020-07-01 to 2023-06-30 | Associate Research Professor (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory)
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Kevin Toshio Uno

Columbia University : New York, NY, US

2016-08 to 2020-06 | Assistant Research Professor (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Columbia University: New York, NY, US

2012-12 to 2016-07 | Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
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University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT, US

2008-01 to 2012-11 | PhD (Geology and Geophysics)
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University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT, US

2005-09 to 2007-12 | MS (Geology and Geophysics)
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Carleton College: Northfield, MN, US

1997-09-07 to 2001-06-10 | BA (Geology)
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National Science Foundation: VA, VA, US

2005 | NSF GK-12 Fellow
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Intra-tooth stable isotope analysis reveals seasonal dietary variability and niche partitioning among bushpigs/red river hogs and warthogs

Current Zoology
2024-12-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Deming Yang; Kevin T Uno; Thure E Cerling; Ogeto Mwebi; Louise N Leakey; Frederick E Grine; Antoine Souron; Zhi-Yun Jia; Zu-Shi Huang
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Strontium isotope mapping of elephant enamel supports a micro-sampling and modeling workflow to reconstruct past migrations

2024-06-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Deming Yang; Katya Podkovyroff; Kevin Uno; Gabriel Bowen; Diego P. Fernandez; Thure E. Cerling
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Nonlinear rainfall effects on savanna fire activity across the African Humid Period

Quaternary Science Reviews
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85150336404

Part of ISSN: 02773791
Contributors: Karp, A.T.; Uno, K.T.; Berke, M.A.; Russell, J.M.; Scholz, C.A.; Marlon, J.R.; Faith, J.T.; Staver, A.C.
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Oldest evidence of abundant C<sub>4</sub> grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa

Science
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85152469526

Part of ISSN: 10959203 00368075
Contributors: Peppe, D.J.; Cote, S.M.; Deino, A.L.; Fox, D.L.; Kingston, J.D.; Kinyanjui, R.N.; Lukens, W.E.; MacLatchy, L.M.; Novello, A.; Strömberg, C.A.E. et al.
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Pliocene hominins from East Turkana were associated with mesic environments in a semiarid basin

Journal of Human Evolution
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85159799745

Part of ISSN: 00472484
Contributors: Villaseñor, A.; Uno, K.T.; Kinyanjui, R.N.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Bobe, R.; Advokaat, E.L.; Bamford, M.; Carvalho, S.C.; Hammond, A.S.; Palcu, D.V. et al.
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The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda

Science
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85152445424

Part of ISSN: 10959203 00368075
Contributors: MacLatchy, L.M.; Cote, S.M.; Deino, A.L.; Kityo, R.M.; Mugume, A.A.T.; Rossie, J.B.; Sanders, W.J.; Cosman, M.N.; Driese, S.G.; Fox, D.L. et al.
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BITS: A Bayesian Isotope Turnover and Sampling model for strontium isotopes in proboscideans and its potential utility in movement ecology

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Deming Yang; Gabriel J. Bowen; Kevin T. Uno; Katya Podkovyroff; Nancy A. Carpenter; Diego P. Fernandez; Thure E. Cerling
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Erratum: Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Lower Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia: systematics and new insights into the paleoecology and paleobiogeography of the Turkana otters (Comptes Rendus Palevol (2022) 21: 33 (745-746) DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2022v21a33)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85141200732

Part of ISSN: 1777571X 16310683
Contributors: Grohé, C.; Uno, K.; Boisserie, J.-R.
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Kevin Toshio Uno via Scopus - Elsevier

Isaiah Odhiambo Nengo (1961-2022)

Nature ecology &amp; evolution
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85131770576

Part of ISSN: 2397334X
Contributors: Rowan, J.; Princehouse, P.; Kinyanjui, R.N.; Uno, K.T.
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Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Lower Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia: systematics and new insights into the paleoecology and paleobiogeography of the Turkana otters,Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 (Carnivora, Mustelidae) du Plio-Pléistocène de la basse vallée de l’Omo, sud-ouest éthiopien: systématique et nouvelles données sur la paléoécologie et la paléobiogéographie des loutres du Turkana

Comptes Rendus - Palevol
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85147519054

Part of ISSN: 1777571X 16310683
Contributors: Grohé, C.; Uno, K.; Boisserie, J.-R.
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Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans

Journal of Quaternary Science
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85113341327

Part of ISSN: 10991417 02678179
Contributors: Borić, D.; Cristiani, E.; Hopkins, R.; Schwenninger, J.-L.; Gerometta, K.; French, C.A.I.; Mutri, G.; Ćalić, J.; Dimitrijević, V.; Marín-Arroyo, A.B. et al.
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Stable Isotope Paleoecology of the Baynunah Formation

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
2022 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85132124440

Part of ISSN: 18779085 18779077
Contributors: Uno, K.T.; Bibi, F.
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Did vegetation change drive the extinction of Paranthropus boisei?

Journal of Human Evolution
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: David B. Patterson; Andrew Du; J. Tyler Faith; John Rowan; Kevin Uno; Anna K. Behrensmeyer; David R. Braun; Bernard A. Wood
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Eastern African environmental variation and its role in the evolution and cultural change of Homo over the last 1 million years

Journal of Human Evolution
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85111737889

Part of ISSN: 00472484
Contributors: Lupien, R.L.; Russell, J.M.; Subramanian, A.; Kinyanjui, R.; Beverly, E.J.; Uno, K.T.; de Menocal, P.; Dommain, R.; Potts, R.
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New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya

Nature Communications
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85104308036

Part of ISSN: 20411723
Contributors: Hammond, A.S.; Mavuso, S.S.; Biernat, M.; Braun, D.R.; Jinnah, Z.; Kuo, S.; Melaku, S.; Wemanya, S.N.; Ndiema, E.K.; Patterson, D.B. et al.
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Hydrologic Changes Drove the Late Miocene Expansion of C4 Grasslands on the Northern Indian Subcontinent

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Pratigya J. Polissar; Kevin T. Uno; Samuel R. Phelps; Allison T. Karp; Katherine H. Freeman; Jennifer L. Pensky
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Late Miocene C4 Grassland Fire Feedbacks on the Indian Subcontinent

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Allison T. Karp; Kevin T. Uno; Pratigya J. Polissar; Katherine H. Freeman
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Stable isotope paleoecology of the Baynunah Formation

2021-04-02 | Other
Contributors: Kevin Uno; Faysal Bibi
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High-resolution stable isotope profiles of modern elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusk dentin and tail hair from Kenya: Implications for identifying seasonal variability in climate, ecology, and diet in ancient proboscideans

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0031-0182
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Intra-tooth stable isotope profiles in warthog canines and third molars: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Chemical Geology
2020-11-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0009-2541
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Increased ecological resource variability during a critical transition in hominin evolution

Science Advances
2020-10-21 | Journal article
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Forward and inverse methods for extracting climate and diet information from stable isotope profiles in proboscidean molars

Quaternary International
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Kevin T. Uno; Daniel C. Fisher; George Wittemyer; Iain Douglas-Hamilton; Nancy Carpenter; Patrick Omondi; Thure E. Cerling
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Reply to: Multiple drivers of Miocene C4 ecosystem expansions

Nature Geoscience
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Pratigya J. Polissar; Cassaundra Rose; Kevin T. Uno; Samuel R. Phelps; Peter deMenocal
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Synchronous rise of African C4 ecosystems 10 million years ago in the absence of aridification

Nature Geoscience
2019-08-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Pratigya J. Polissar; Cassaundra Rose; Kevin T. Uno; Samuel R. Phelps; Peter deMenocal
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Pliocene Paleoenvironments in the Meade Basin, Southwest Kansas, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research
2019-05-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1527-1404
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Dietary traits of the ungulates from the HWK EE site at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): Diachronic changes and seasonality

Journal of Human Evolution
2018-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0047-2484
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Large mammal diets and paleoecology across the Oldowan–Acheulean transition at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania from stable isotope and tooth wear analyses

Journal of Human Evolution
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Kevin T. Uno; Florent Rivals; Faysal Bibi; Michael Pante; Jackson Njau; Ignacio de la Torre
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Radiocarbon dating of seized ivory confirms rapid decline in African elephant populations and provides insight into illegal trade

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016-11-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Thure E. Cerling; Janet E. Barnette; Lesley A. Chesson; Iain Douglas-Hamilton; Kathleen S. Gobush; Kevin T. Uno; Samuel K. Wasser; Xiaomei Xu
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A Pleistocene palaeovegetation record from plant wax biomarkers from the Nachukui Formation, West Turkana, Kenya

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2016-07-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0962-8436
Part of ISSN: 1471-2970
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Neogene biomarker record of vegetation change in eastern Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016-06-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Kevin T. Uno; Pratigya J. Polissar; Kevin E. Jackson; Peter B. deMenocal
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A New Tooth Wear--Based Dietary Analysis Method for Proboscidea (Mammalia)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2015 | Journal article
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A new tooth wear-based dietary analysis method for proboscidea (Mammalia)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930754999

Part of ISSN: 19372809 02724634
Contributors: Saarinen, J.; Karme, A.; Cerling, T.; Uno, K.; Säilä, L.; Kasiki, S.; Ngene, S.; Obari, T.; Mbua, E.; Manthi, F.K. et al.
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Carbon isotope ratios of human tooth enamel record the evidence of terrestrial resource consumption during the Jomon period, Japan

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84941352271

Part of ISSN: 10968644 00029483
Contributors: Kusaka, S.; Uno, K.T.; Nakano, T.; Nakatsukasa, M.; Cerling, T.E.
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Carbon isotope ratios of human tooth enamel record the evidence of terrestrial resource consumption during the Jomon period, Japan

American journal of physical anthropology
2015 | Journal article
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Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84941687367

Part of ISSN: 10916490 00278424
Contributors: Cerling, T.E.; Andanje, S.A.; Blumenthal, S.A.; Brown, F.H.; Chritz, K.L.; Harris, J.M.; Hart, J.A.; Kirera, F.M.; Kaleme, P.; Leakey, L.N. et al.
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Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2015 | Journal article
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Insights into the evolution of the Great Plains grassland ecosystem over the last 5 million years from paleotemperature and paleovegetation records

2015 | Journal article
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Miocene-Pleistocene paleoclimate and paleoenvironment in the Meade Basin, Kansas

2015 | Journal article
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The Late Miocene Rise of C 4 Vegetation in Eastern Africa Documented by Terrestrial Plant Waxes in Marine Cores

2015 AGU Fall Meeting
2015 | Conference paper
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A Plio-Pleistocene molecular isotopic record of Turkana Basin vegetation

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2014 | Journal article
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Did Hydrological Change Drive the Expansion of C4 Grasslands in the Siwaliks during the Late Miocene?

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2014 | Journal article
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Diet and habitat of Siwalik primates Indopithecus, Sivaladapis and Theropithecus

Annales Zoologici Fennici
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84897462790

Part of ISSN: 0003455X
Contributors: Patnaik, R.; Cerling, T.E.; Uno, K.T.; Fleagle, J.G.
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Diet and habitat of Siwalik primates Indopithecus, Sivaladapis and Theropithecus

Annales Zoologici Fennici
2014 | Journal article
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Reconstructing Vegetation and Hydrological Changes from Biomarkers in Modern Soils and Late Neogene Paleosols, Meade Basin, KS, USA

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2014 | Journal article
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Kevin Toshio Uno

Bomb-curve radiocarbon measurement of recent biologic tissues and applications to wildlife forensics and stable isotope (paleo) ecology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 | Journal article
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Kevin Toshio Uno

Bomb-curve radiocarbon measurement of recent biologic tissues and applications to wildlife forensics and stable isotope (paleo)ecology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84880350578

Part of ISSN: 00278424 10916490
Contributors: Uno, K.T.; Quade, J.; Fisher, D.C.; Wittemyer, G.; Douglas-Hamilton, I.; Andanje, S.; Omondi, P.; Litoroh, M.; Cerling, T.E.
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Ecological change in the lower Omo Valley around 2.8 Ma

Biology Letters
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84872034657

Part of ISSN: 1744957X 17449561
Contributors: Bibi, F.; Souron, A.; Bocherens, H.; Uno, K.; Boisserie, J.-R.
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Ecological change in the lower Omo Valley around 2.8 Ma

Biology letters
2013 | Journal article
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Kevin Toshio Uno

Entrainment and emplacement of englacial debris bands near the margin of Storglaciären, Sweden

Boreas
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84871610634

Part of ISSN: 03009483 15023885
Contributors: Moore, P.L.; Iverson, N.R.; Uno, K.T.; Dettinger, M.P.; Brugger, K.A.; Jansson, P.
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Entrainment and emplacement of englacial debris bands near the margin of Storglaciären, Sweden

Boreas
2013 | Journal article
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