Stephen Wroe


Stephen 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 '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:
YearTitleSeasonEpisode No.Series TitleNetwork
2001Marsupial Carnivores19Killer Instinct with Rob BredlAmazon Prime
2002What Killed the Mega Beasts?---Discovery Channel
2009Death of the Mega Beasts---Discovery Channel
2009Monster Shark15Prehistoric PredatorsNational Geographic Channel

YouTube Channel

Wroe's YouTube channel is called "Real Paleontology".

Honours

Wroe has had the species Protamalleus stevewroei named after him.