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Max Lechte

@maxlechte.bsky.social

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Using geology to better understand the ancient world and the origins of complex life. Research Fellow at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney

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Max Lechte @maxlechte.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A very cool experience recently at the Sydney Opera House where I was asked to speak before the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs performance of Haydn's 1798 oratorio 'The Creation'. I discussed our modern, geological understanding of the evolution of our planet and biosphere 🧵

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Max Lechte @maxlechte.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@fossils.bsky.social identified over 12k fossils from a wide range of environments, & we found that eukaryotes were restricted to samples from oxygenated settings. Those with evidence for anoxic bottom waters had only prokaryotes, suggesting that the earliest fossil eukaryotes were benthic & aerobic

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Max Lechte @maxlechte.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The innovation of the eukaryotic cell revolutionised the biosphere & transformed the planet, but the drivers behind this process remain debated. New paper out @natureportfolio.nature.com co-led by @fossils.bsky.social w/ Susannah Porter, Galen Halverson & Maggie Whelan @mcgillscience.bsky.social 🌎

Eukaryote microfossils from the Palaeoproterozoic. Credit: Leigh Anne Riedman

Rock cores of a Palaeoproterozoic sedimentary succession at the Northern Territory Geological Survey. Credit: M Lechte

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Max Lechte @maxlechte.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Leigh Anne identified over 12k fossils from a wide range of environments, and we show that eukaryotes were restricted to samples from oxygenated settings. Those with evidence for anoxic bottom waters had only prokaryotes, suggesting that the earliest fossil eukaryotes were aerobic and benthic

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Max Lechte @maxlechte.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Newly landed in Bluesky! I'm Max, a postdoc in geobiology at @sydney.edu.au (previously Melbourne, McGill). I use the sedimentary record to better understand ancient environmental change, the evolution of early eukaryotes, and the strange world they emerged in. Here's me with some 2.3 Ga glacials

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