[NSFW] How to Bring Original Pagination Back Following Child Theme Tweaks

This is what original pagination on TwentySixteen looks like:

I have done some tweaks to the index.php file in my child theme, and achieved some desired changes, primarily: only titles, featured images and excerpts are shown, and the font is nicer. However at the same time I managed to undo the styling of the original pagination (which I’d prefer) and now I just have the “Older posts”/”Newer posts” links there.

I’d like to ask for help reviewing my index.php file to fix it up and bring the original pagination back. Here’s what it presently looks like:

<?php
/**
 * The main template file
 *
 * This is the most generic template file in a WordPress theme
 * and one of the two required files for a theme (the other being style.css).
 * It is used to display a page when nothing more specific matches a query.
 * E.g., it puts together the home page when no home.php file exists.
 *
 * @link https://developer.www.ads-software.com/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Sixteen
 * @since Twenty Sixteen 1.0
 */

get_header(); ?>

	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<main id="main" class="site-main">

		<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

			<?php if ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) : ?>
				<header>
					<h1 class="page-title screen-reader-text"><?php single_post_title(); ?></h1>
				</header>
			<?php endif; ?>

	<?php
		// Start the loop.
		while ( have_posts() ) :
			the_post();
	?>

		<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
			<header class="entry-header">
				<?php the_title( '<h1 class="entry-title"><a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">', '</a></h1>' ); ?>
			</header><!-- .entry-header -->

			<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
				<div class="post-thumbnail">
					<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" aria-hidden="true"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'post-thumbnail' ); ?></a>
				</div><!-- .post-thumbnail -->
			<?php endif; ?>

			<div class="entry-summary">
				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
			</div><!-- .entry-summary -->

		</article><!-- #post-<?php the_ID(); ?> -->

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>

<?php else : ?>

	<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' ); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

		</main><!-- .site-main -->
	</div><!-- .content-area -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

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