Dr. Natalie Uomini

Profile

Academic positionSelf employed
Research fieldsEvolution, Anthropology,Prehistory and World Archaeology
Keywordscognitive evolution, teaching, brain size, lithic technology, social learning

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityLeipzig

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Carolus P. van SchaikAnthropologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich
Prof. Dr. Steven L. KuhnAnthropologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich
Prof. Dr. Carolus P. van SchaikDepartment of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson
Prof. Dr. Steven L. KuhnDepartment of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2022

Programme(s)

2020Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Chloé Bryche, Mathieu Lesourd, Arthur Seye, Alexandre Bluet, Natalie Uomini, Yves Rossetti, Emanuelle Reynaud, Giovanni Federico, François Osiurak: Lithic industries, modern tools, and language: An evolutionary perspective through fMRI. In: NeuroImage, 2025, 121404
2025Michael Griesser, Nigel C Bennett, Judith M Burkart, Daniel W Hart, Natalie Uomini, Miyako H Warrington: The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation. In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40, 2025, 346-355
2023Fairlie, J. & Uomini, N.: Tool use by New Caledonian crows can inform cognitive archaeology: A case study using observational action coding. . In: T. Wynn, L. Overmann & F. Coolidge (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology. . Oxford University Press., 2023.
2022Mack, C., & Uomini, N.: Modulation of behavioural laterality in wild New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides): Vocalization, age and function.. In: Laterality, 2022,
2022van der Wal, J. E., Spottiswoode, C. N., Uomini, N. T., Cantor, M., Daura‐Jorge, F. G. ET AL: Safeguarding human–wildlife cooperation. . In: Conservation Letters, 15(4), 2022,
2022Osiurak, F., Claidière, N., Bluet, A., Brogniart, J., Lasserre, S., Bonhoure, T., Di Rollo, L., Gorry, N., Polette, Y., Saude, A., Federico, G., Uomini, N. & Reynaud, E.: Technical reasoning bolsters cumulative technological culture through convergent transformations. . In: Science Advances, 8(9), 2022,
2022Cram, D. L., van der Wal, J. E., Uomini, N., Cantor, M., Afan, A. I. ET AL: The ecology and evolution of human‐wildlife cooperation.. In: People and Nature, 4(4), 2022,
2021Ruck, L. M., & Uomini, N.: Artifact, praxis, tool, and symbol. . In: N. Gontier, A. Lock, & C. Sinha, The Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution. Oxford University Press. 2021.
2021Grawunder, S., Uomini, N., Samuni, L., Bortolato, T., Girard-Buttoz, C., Wittig, R., Crockford, C.: Chimpanzee vowel-like sounds and voice quality suggest formant space expansion through the hominoid lineage. . In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377, 2021,
2021Osiurak, F., Crétel, C., Uomini, N., Bryche, C., Lesourd, M. & Reynaud, E.: On the neurocognitive co-evolution of tool behavior and language: insights from the massive redeployment framework. . In: Topics in Cognitive Science, 13(4), 2021,
2021Mikeliban, M., Kunz, B., Rahmaeti, T., Uomini, N., Schuppli, C.: Orangutan mothers adjust their behaviour during food solicitations in a way that likely facilitates feeding skill acquisition in their offspring. . In: Scientific Reports, 11(1), 2021,