Niles Eldredge and Stephen Gould used the Punctuated Equilibrium concept

Niles Eldredge and Stephen Gould used the Punctuated Equilibrium concept to explain the fossil gaps in evolutionary history. Which of the following statements illustrate their argument? (Select all that apply)

Choose at least one answer.

a. They published a paper in which they explained the slow tempo of Darwinism and fast tempo.

b. The concept was not accepted by the scientific community of the time.

c. The idea proposed was that evolutionary periods are very long and that is why the fossils cannot be found.

d. The reason there are no intermediate fossils during the gap periods is because a very fast evolution took place due to a different mechanism that we do not yet know.

Question2

Biologists believe that life cannot be mechanical, rather that it is trans-mutational – it is about mechanical change in the body. How does quantum biology approach this dilemma? (Select all that apply)

Choose at least one answer.

a. The evolution process is always from complexity to simplicity.

b. The evolution will precede the quantum creativity of the vital (quantum creativity of the morphogenetic fields).

c. In the process of making new organs, consciousness recognizes new blueprints and is able to make representations of new blueprints. This is how changes are reflected in the quality of the representations.

d. The biochemical body makes representations of the morphogenetic fields, which are the blueprints of the vital body.

Question3

In the lecture, Goswami explains what feelings are. Which of the following statements is correct?

Choose one answer.

a. Feelings are the end result of the endocrine system producing hormones.

b. Feelings are a Freudian concept based on the unconscious mind that moves our emotional well-being.

c. Feelings are our direct cognition of movement in the morphogenetic fields that helps cells differentiate into different cells belonging to different targets, depending on the function that the organ will perform.

d. Feelings are the result of chemical reactions in the brain brought about by stimuli.