Reptiles have multipart lower jaw bones. We have a seamless lower mandible, but we also have the extra bones in our ears, unique to mammals. We see this change happening in the fossil record. What exactly are we not allowed to infer?
You decided to stake your defense on the transition being "junk science," versus admitting what you have already admitted elsewhere. That is, you don't read the whole thread or bother to learn what is being discussed.
So be it. What is "junk science?"
I asked him that way back in #1084. He hasn't answered.