Perhaps, but let’s look at the bigger picture. ALL living things have some aspect of consciousness. The greater complexity we humans exhibit is due to our intricate brain making possible the fabrication of holographic meaning to the data we receive from events that have already happened. There is a gorilla who uses sign language on a primitive level, but she knows she is communicating so the use of language indicates use of syntax ... a form of logic.
Modern science has never clearly defined the life force.