ABSTRACT
Much of the current public interest in evolution stems from the implications it has, or is alleged to have, for human nature. Evolutionary psychology differs from sociobiology in explicitly endorsing the modularity thesis about the human mind. The modularity thesis has for a long time been a central pillar of cognitive science. On the modularity thesis, it is held that different parts of the mind operate in relative isolation from each other. That is, they do not always share information with each other. Each has its own specific domain wherein it operates. For example, those parts of the mind that process colours are dedicated specifically to that task. The term "sociobiology" has since become synonymous with a particular approach to the study of human nature. This approach takes as its starting-point the fact that human beings are animals, and products of evolution. A core doctrine of sociobiology is that there are human psychological traits that are universal.
