[VadeRetro]

Perhaps you need the framing narrative for that figure if you really expect to pick nits and declare "junk science" here.

[tallhappy]

It's a fine theory or idea, but so iffy as to be meaningless.

It's dinosaur stuff today. It's like doing re-annealing to try and analyze a new DNA sequence today.

But worse. Bone guys had little to work on, so their imaginations can be indulged.

Get back to me when the developmental payhways in the various organisms are examined.

That's a good start -- what genes are involved in the "ear bones" formation?