In which Max argues that histories of geobiology need to pay more attention to a giant of the field: Preston Cloud

In which Max explores some bizarre (and not-so-bizarre) attempts to explain the abrupt appearance of the Cambrian fauna, ca. 1895-1960

In which Max presents a lost picture from the history of paleontology: Charles Walcott’s “Sidney crab” complete with massive claws (actually the appendages of a large radiodont— a relative of Anomalocaris)

In which Max Dresow and Katherine Valde glimpse a new philosophy of molecular clock dating

In which Max finally concludes two earlier posts with a double-duty post-a-ganza on the interpretation of Ediacaran macrofossils

In which Max blows your little mind