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

In which Max shouts about AI from a rocking chair on the porch

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)

A farewell to Minnesota: in which Max hits the road to see the second-oldest surface rocks in the United States (originally posted on August 18, 2024)