Stephen Wroe (also known as Steve Wroe) is an Australian vertebrate palaeontologist, biomechanist, YouTuber, and science communicator.
As a researcher, he is best known for his work describing and evaluating carnivores, especially measuring their bite force quotient.
Currently, he is Professor in Evolutionary Biology at the University of New England (Australia)'s School of Environmental and Rural Science.
Education He obtained a science degree with honors at the University of New South Wales in 1991 and obtained a Ph.D. in paleontology at the same university in 1999.
Career Wroe worked briefly as a research fellow at the Australian Museum before taking up a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Sydney. In 2005 he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship and an Australian Research Council Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award in 2013.
Below is a list of taxa that Wroe has contributed to naming: YearTaxonAuthors2001Joculusium muizoni gen. et sp. nov.Wroe2001Maximucinus muirheadae gen. et sp. nov.Wroe1999Djarthia murgonensis gen. et sp. nov.Godthelp, Wroe, & Archer1999Barinya wangala gen. et sp. nov.Wroe1998Badjcinus turnbulli gen. et sp. nov.Muirhead & Wroe1998Ganbulanyi djadjinguli gen. et sp. nov.Wroe1996Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi sp. nov.Wroe1996Muribacinus gadiyuli gen. et sp. nov.Wroe
Publications
Popular Science
Media
Wroe was quoted by BBC News on the issue of whether Neanderthals could speak.
TV Shows He has appeared in: Year Title Season Episode No. Series Title Network 2001 Marsupial Carnivores 19 Killer Instinct with Rob Bredl Amazon Prime 2002 What Killed the Mega Beasts? - - - Discovery Channel 2009 Death of the Mega Beasts - - - Discovery Channel 2009 Monster Shark 1 5 Prehistoric Predators National Geographic Channel
YouTube Channel
Wroe's YouTube channel is called "Real Paleontology".
Honours Wroe has had the species Protamalleus stevewroei named after him.
References
External links Wroe's profile on Google Scholar "Real Paleontology", his YouTube Channel Stephen Wroe - IMDb His entry in the Internet Movie Database. Not to be confused with that of Steve Wroe, a cameraman and actor.