List of works - Stephen Wroe

A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus

scientific article

A note on pterosaur nesting behavior

A novel method for single sample multi-axial nanoindentation of hydrated heterogeneous tissues based on testing great white shark jaws

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

A review of terrestrial mammalian and reptilian carnivore ecology in Australian fossil faunas, and factors influencing their diversity: the myth of reptilian domination and its broader ramifications

article

Allometry in the distribution of material properties and geometry of the felid skull: Why larger species may need to change and how they may achieve it ⬇️

scientific article published on August 21, 2011

An Investigation of Phylogeny in the Giant Extinct Rat Kangaroo Ekaltadeta (Propleopinae, Potoroidae, Marsupialia) ⬇️

scholarly article by Stephen Wroe published July 1996 in Journal of Paleontology

An experimentally validated micromechanical model of a rat vertebra under compressive loading ⬇️

scientific article published on August 31, 2010

Aridity, faunal adaptations and Australian Late Pleistocene extinctions

article

Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa

scientific article

Bite forces and evolutionary adaptations to feeding ecology in carnivores

scientific article

Biting through constraints: cranial morphology, disparity and convergence across living and fossil carnivorous mammals

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2011)

Bottom-feeding plesiosaurs.

scientific article

Causes of extinction of vertebrates during the Holocene of mainland Australia: arrival of the dingo, or human impact?

article

Climate change frames debate over the extinction of megafauna in Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea)

scientific article (publication date: 28 May 2013)

Comparative Biomechanical Modeling of Metatherian and Placental Saber-Tooths: A Different Kind of Bite for an Extreme Pouched Predator

scientific article published in 2013

Computational biomechanical analyses demonstrate similar shell-crushing abilities in modern and ancient arthropods

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Computer simulation of feeding behaviour in the thylacine and dingo as a novel test for convergence and niche overlap

scientific article (publication date: 22 November 2007)

Computer simulations show that Neanderthal facial morphology represents adaptation to cold and high energy demands, but not heavy biting

scientific article published in April 2018

Convergence and remarkably consistent constraint in the evolution of carnivore skull shape

scientific article published in May 2007

Cranial Shape and the Modularity of Hybridization in Dingoes and Dogs; Hybridization Does Not Spell the End for Native Morphology

article

Cranial performance in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) as revealed by high-resolution 3-D finite element analysis

scientific article (publication date: June 2008)

Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats

scholarly article by Laura A. B. Wilson et al published 17 July 2016 in Alcheringa

Dietary responses of Sahul (Pleistocene Australia–New Guinea) megafauna to climate and environmental change

article

Digital dissection and three-dimensional interactive models of limb musculature in the Australian estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).

scientific article

Effects of gape and tooth position on bite force and skull stress in the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) using a 3-dimensional finite element approach

scientific article (publication date: 21 May 2008)

Finite element analysis of a micromechanical model of bone and a new 3D approach to validation.

scientific article published on 3 September 2012

Finite element analysis of three patterns of internal fixation of fractures of the mandibular condyle

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Finite element analysis of ursid cranial mechanics and the prediction of feeding behaviour in the extinct giant Agriotherium africanum

article

Finite element micro-modelling of a human ankle bone reveals the importance of the trabecular network to mechanical performance: new methods for the generation and comparison of 3D models.

scientific article published on 4 December 2012

Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls

scientific article published in 2021

High-resolution three-dimensional computer simulation of hominid cranial mechanics

scientific article published in October 2007

Human feeding biomechanics: performance, variation, and functional constraints

scientific article

Human remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition of southwest China suggest a complex evolutionary history for East Asians

scientific article published on 14 March 2012

Inferring biological evolution from fracture patterns in teeth

scientific article published on 3 September 2013

Large orb-webs adapted to maximise total biomass not rare, large prey

scientific article

Mammalian development does not recapitulate suspected key transformations in the evolutionary detachment of the mammalian middle ear

scientific article

Mechanical analysis of feeding behavior in the extinct "terror bird" Andalgalornis steulleti (Gruiformes: Phorusrhacidae)

scientific article published in 2010

Mechanics of biting in great white and sandtiger sharks.

scientific article published on 3 December 2010

Megafaunal extinction: climate, humans and assumptions

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Micro-biomechanics of the Kebara 2 hyoid and its implications for speech in Neanderthals

scientific article published on 18 December 2013

Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants ⬇️

scientific article

On the rarity of big fierce carnivores and primacy of isolation and area: tracking large mammalian carnivore diversity on two isolated continents

scientific article

Open data and digital morphology

scientific article (publication date: 12 April 2017)

Ossification heterochrony in the therian postcranial skeleton and the marsupial-placental dichotomy

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Prolonged coexistence of humans and megafauna in Pleistocene Australia

scientific article

Raptorial appendages of the Cambrian apex predator<i>Anomalocaris canadensis</i>are built for soft prey and speed

scientific article published on 5 July 2023

Relationship between foramen magnum position and locomotion in extant and extinct hominoids

scientific article published in September 2017

Reply to Brook et al: No empirical evidence for human overkill of megafauna in Sahul

scientific article (publication date: 3 September 2013)

Resolving the evolution of the mammalian middle ear using Bayesian inference

scientific article

Skull mechanics and implications for feeding behaviour in a large marsupial carnivore guild: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil and spotted-tailed quoll

Supermodeled sabercat, predatory behavior in Smilodon fatalis revealed by high-resolution 3D computer simulation

scientific article

The biomechanics of foraging determines face length among kangaroos and their relatives

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

The craniomandibular mechanics of being human

scientific article (publication date: 7 December 2010)

The effects of biting and pulling on the forces generated during feeding in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

The relationship between cranial structure, biomechanical performance and ecological diversity in varanoid lizards

scientific article

The vector of jaw muscle force as determined by computer-generated three dimensional simulation: a test of Greaves' model.

scientific article published on 5 October 2008

Three-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: how hard can a great white bite?

article

Three-dimensional shape variation of talar surface morphology in hominoid primates

scientific article published in July 2014

To meat or not to meat? New perspectives on Neanderthal ecology

scientific article

Toward integration of geometric morphometrics and computational biomechanics: new methods for 3D virtual reconstruction and quantitative analysis of Finite Element Models.

scientific article

Virtual reconstruction and prey size preference in the mid Cenozoic thylacinid, Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Why the long face? The mechanics of mandibular symphysis proportions in crocodiles

scientific article published in 2013

List of works by Stephen Wroe

A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus

A note on pterosaur nesting behavior

A novel method for single sample multi-axial nanoindentation of hydrated heterogeneous tissues based on testing great white shark jaws

A review of terrestrial mammalian and reptilian carnivore ecology in Australian fossil faunas, and factors influencing their diversity: the myth of reptilian domination and its broader ramifications

Allometry in the distribution of material properties and geometry of the felid skull: Why larger species may need to change and how they may achieve it ⬇️

An Investigation of Phylogeny in the Giant Extinct Rat Kangaroo Ekaltadeta (Propleopinae, Potoroidae, Marsupialia) ⬇️

An experimentally validated micromechanical model of a rat vertebra under compressive loading ⬇️

Aridity, faunal adaptations and Australian Late Pleistocene extinctions

Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa

Bite forces and evolutionary adaptations to feeding ecology in carnivores

Biting through constraints: cranial morphology, disparity and convergence across living and fossil carnivorous mammals

Bottom-feeding plesiosaurs.

Causes of extinction of vertebrates during the Holocene of mainland Australia: arrival of the dingo, or human impact?

Climate change frames debate over the extinction of megafauna in Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea)

Comparative Biomechanical Modeling of Metatherian and Placental Saber-Tooths: A Different Kind of Bite for an Extreme Pouched Predator

Computational biomechanical analyses demonstrate similar shell-crushing abilities in modern and ancient arthropods

Computer simulation of feeding behaviour in the thylacine and dingo as a novel test for convergence and niche overlap

Computer simulations show that Neanderthal facial morphology represents adaptation to cold and high energy demands, but not heavy biting

Convergence and remarkably consistent constraint in the evolution of carnivore skull shape

Cranial Shape and the Modularity of Hybridization in Dingoes and Dogs; Hybridization Does Not Spell the End for Native Morphology

Cranial performance in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) as revealed by high-resolution 3-D finite element analysis

Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats

Dietary responses of Sahul (Pleistocene Australia–New Guinea) megafauna to climate and environmental change

Digital dissection and three-dimensional interactive models of limb musculature in the Australian estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).

Effects of gape and tooth position on bite force and skull stress in the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) using a 3-dimensional finite element approach

Finite element analysis of a micromechanical model of bone and a new 3D approach to validation.

Finite element analysis of three patterns of internal fixation of fractures of the mandibular condyle

Finite element analysis of ursid cranial mechanics and the prediction of feeding behaviour in the extinct giant Agriotherium africanum

Finite element micro-modelling of a human ankle bone reveals the importance of the trabecular network to mechanical performance: new methods for the generation and comparison of 3D models.

Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls

High-resolution three-dimensional computer simulation of hominid cranial mechanics

Human feeding biomechanics: performance, variation, and functional constraints

Human remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition of southwest China suggest a complex evolutionary history for East Asians

Inferring biological evolution from fracture patterns in teeth

Large orb-webs adapted to maximise total biomass not rare, large prey

Mammalian development does not recapitulate suspected key transformations in the evolutionary detachment of the mammalian middle ear

Mechanical analysis of feeding behavior in the extinct "terror bird" Andalgalornis steulleti (Gruiformes: Phorusrhacidae)

Mechanics of biting in great white and sandtiger sharks.

Megafaunal extinction: climate, humans and assumptions

Micro-biomechanics of the Kebara 2 hyoid and its implications for speech in Neanderthals

Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants ⬇️

On the rarity of big fierce carnivores and primacy of isolation and area: tracking large mammalian carnivore diversity on two isolated continents

Open data and digital morphology

Ossification heterochrony in the therian postcranial skeleton and the marsupial-placental dichotomy

Prolonged coexistence of humans and megafauna in Pleistocene Australia

Raptorial appendages of the Cambrian apex predator<i>Anomalocaris canadensis</i>are built for soft prey and speed

Relationship between foramen magnum position and locomotion in extant and extinct hominoids

Reply to Brook et al: No empirical evidence for human overkill of megafauna in Sahul

Resolving the evolution of the mammalian middle ear using Bayesian inference

Skull mechanics and implications for feeding behaviour in a large marsupial carnivore guild: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil and spotted-tailed quoll

Supermodeled sabercat, predatory behavior in Smilodon fatalis revealed by high-resolution 3D computer simulation

The biomechanics of foraging determines face length among kangaroos and their relatives

The craniomandibular mechanics of being human

The effects of biting and pulling on the forces generated during feeding in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

The relationship between cranial structure, biomechanical performance and ecological diversity in varanoid lizards

The vector of jaw muscle force as determined by computer-generated three dimensional simulation: a test of Greaves' model.

Three-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: how hard can a great white bite?

Three-dimensional shape variation of talar surface morphology in hominoid primates

To meat or not to meat? New perspectives on Neanderthal ecology

Toward integration of geometric morphometrics and computational biomechanics: new methods for 3D virtual reconstruction and quantitative analysis of Finite Element Models.

Virtual reconstruction and prey size preference in the mid Cenozoic thylacinid, Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia)

Why the long face? The mechanics of mandibular symphysis proportions in crocodiles