The protective belt structures our ignorance by identifying research questions that must be addressed if the research program is to advance. According to the adaptationist program, natural selection generates optimal phenotypes.
Most sociobiologists are genetic determinists, though some are more subtle than others.
Evolutionary ideas have been applied to human social relationships in a number of areas. Chief among these are mate selection and aggression . One gene at a time. The New York Times Book Review, 48. Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes.