Head to Head: the case for combative behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus

• Other Authors: Ada J Klinkhamer (hasCollector), Adrian Lister (hasCollector), James M Neenan (hasCollector), Marcelo R Sanchez-Villagra (hasCollector), Nicholas Woodley (hasCollector), Philip Clausen (hasCollector), Stephen Wroe (hasCollector), William C H Parr (hasCollector), Wroe Stephen (isManagedBy), Wroe Stephen (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New England, Australia
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; EARTH SCIENCES; OTHER EARTH SCIENCES; Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences; EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE; Zoology not elsewhere classified; Zoology; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Giganteus; Alces alces
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/head-head-case-megaloceros-giganteus/1594938; https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27548; https://doi.org/10.25952/5d830b0e4a734

The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant Megaloceros giganteus. It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualised displays to attract mates. Here we used finite element analysis (FEA) to test whether the...