2) "Doctrines" are external mechanisms applied to the body of science, they are not science.
3) Punctuated Equilibrium would seem to have been around a long time if you are 70. Within the context of evolutionary processes Punctuated Equilibrium was indeed discussed by Dr. Niles Eldredge in 1971 and Dr. Stephen Gould in 1972. However, even in this field there are a number of historical antecedents. Eldredge and Gould relied heavily on the works of Dr. Thomas Dobzhansky (Genetics and the Origin of Species 1937), Dr. Ernest Mayr (Systematics and the Origin of Species 1942), Dr. George G. Simpson (Tempo and Mode in Evolution 1944).
4) I'm more convince now than before that I was right in my earlier posting.