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.
Publications
Popular Science
Media
Wroe was quoted by
BBC News on the issue of whether Neanderthals could speak.
TV Shows
He has appeared in:
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YouTube Channel
Wroe's YouTube channel is called "Real Paleontology".
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Honours
Wroe has had the species
Protamalleus stevewroei named after him.
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