Max Dresow
* This is the latest installment of “Problematica.” It’s the first of several posts that will feature weird bits of Cambrian history, which I turned up in the process of researching my book (tentatively titled Cambrian explosions: a history of controversy). This one is about a lost image from the...
Max Dresow
* This is the latest installment of “Problematica.” It is written by Max Dresow (cheerfully unemployed, but soon to be affiliated with the University of Copenhagen) and Katherine Valde (Loyola University)…Anomalocaris reared up, mouth open, its spiny arms outstretched to their furthest limit. It...
Max Dresow
* Extinct has been quiet lately, as I work furiously to finish my book. Hopefully the pace of things will pick up a bit in the new year (so, stay tuned). “Problematica” is written by Max Dresow…Ages ago, I wrote a post on the problem of classifying the enigmatic macrofossils of the Ediacaran...
Max Dresow
* Hold the phone— this is an emergency installment of “Problematica.” It is written by Max Dresow…Okay, someone help me out with this. Because it is genuinely weird, and I feel like I’m going insane.It is common knowledge among people interested in the discovery of the Ediacaran fauna that Reg...
Max Dresow
* A little update. Extinct has been relatively quiet this summer. The reason is two-fold. First, I (Max) failed to secure an academic appointment for the fall, which means I’ve been dealing with some feelings of professional disappointment and alienation. (Nooo. Also, whatever, it’s fine.) Second—...
Max Dresow
* This is Part 1 of a two-part installment of “Problematica.” It is, for once, actually about problematica! Part 1 explores the problematic fossils of the Burgess Shale, especially Opabinia regalis. (Longtime Extinct readers will recognize this critter as the thing Adrian is tickling in his...