<P> Some critics have suggested that our genes cannot hold the information to encode the brain and all its assumed modules . Humans share a significant portion of their genome with other species and have corresponding DNA sequences so that the remaining genes must contain instructions for building specialized circuits that are absent in other mammals . </P> <P> One controversy concerns the particular modularity of mind theory used in evolutionary psychology (massive modularity). Critics argue in favor of other theories . </P> <P> Critics have questioned the proposed innateness of certain phobias, such as fear of snakes . Recent evidence, however, suggests that Japanese macaques, and presumably other primates, have a snake - detection brain module--neurons in the preferential medial and dorsolateral pulvinar--that respond very rapidly to images of snakes, even without any prior exposure to snakes . </P> <P> One method employed by evolutionary psychologists is using knowledge of the environment of evolutionary adaptedness to generate hypotheses regarding possible psychological adaptations . </P>

What are the key criticisms of evolutionary psychology