Brings up a few questions for me. One being to wonder if it may represent a critter that diverged from an ancestral group. Whatever group of pre-mammals that would go on to develop the complex ear bones arrangement may have split before that was accomplished. Could be that that splinter lineage endured for some time before becoming extinct. Speciation isn't tidy, and here we're looking at the origins of a higher level classification than species. It will be interesting to see how the pieces come together.
I strongly doubt that any future discoveries will ever dissuade those looking for evidence of a godly intervention which did not involve evolution. Funny that xtians who are more than ready to attribute pure magic to god's creative methods are so willing to rule out evolution as His chosen means. Hard to see how xtians will be inheriting anything if that is predicated on their meekness or humility.
I strongly doubt that any future discoveries will ever dissuade those looking for evidence of a godly intervention which did not involve evolution. Funny that xtians who are more than ready to attribute pure magic to god's creative methods are so willing to rule out evolution as His chosen means. Hard to see how xtians will be inheriting anything if that is predicated on their meekness or humility.