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Burgess Beasties and Ediacaran Enigmas

January 25, 2026

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

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In Max Dresow, Problematica, Ediacaran-Cambrian

From the Archive: Lords of Marble and the Spear

November 5, 2025

In which Max asks what an argument for repatriating a fossil might look like in the absence of demonstrable illegality in the acquisition of that fossil

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In Max Dresow, Problematica, From the Archive

What the Actual Hell is Going On (Or, the Great Reg Sprigg Nature "Rejection" Mystery...)

November 2, 2025

In which Max blows your little mind

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In Max Dresow, Problematica, Ediacaran-Cambrian

For the love of Fortey

September 10, 2025

Problematica #40: In which Max pays tribute to the late paleontologist Richard Fortey by assembling some of his favorite Fortey-an sentences

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American Primordial: remembering the Great Taconic Controversy

July 29, 2025

In which Max remembers the biggest American geological brouhaha of the nineteenth century

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Ode to Opabinia, or Why You Don't Hear as Much About Problematic Fossils as you Used to

May 14, 2025

In which Max examines the history of research on that Burgess oddball, Opabinia regalis, and asks why this problematic fossil is less problematic than it used to be

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In Max Dresow, Problematica, Stephen Jay Gould, Ediacaran-Cambrian
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