Emergence of mammals

See also

Ear bones (mammalian) from jaw transition

Mammal evolution

Resources

Claim CC215: There are gaps between reptiles and mammals

Brief response in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

An Earful of Jaw

Article in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould. For more resources on this topic, see Ear bones (mammalian) from jaw transition.

We Hear with the Bones that Reptiles Eat With

Clip from documentary Your Inner Fish. Evolutionary biologists Karen Sears and Neil Shubin show us evidence of the ear bones' origins as the bones of ancient reptilian jaws. For more resources on this topic, see Ear bones (mammalian) from jaw transition.