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16. The central role played by this pineal sense-organ seems to me very suggestive of the role of "mind" in humans. Our conscious activity decides and determines timing and execution of various functions and motor-activity of the body, whereas the pineal apparatus affected these responses in early reptiles by glandular and electro-chemical reactions in response to the chemical photo-stimulus of the environment...
Steve Nichols's research from 1979 concerning the early evolution of mind, E2 to E1. Latest research see https://posthumanuniversity.com