I used seeing (perception) merely as an analogy. I might as well used other, more "abstract", hereditary cognitive function (hereditary is the keyword). Anyway, you might be interested in this "popular summary" from 2017:

https://www.cbs.mpg.de/Fear-of-spiders-and-snakes-is-deeply-embedded-in-us

A link to the original paper is on that page too. I'm sure that with your background you can understand the implications.

Sure, Jung can be explained in simpler ways, but only if you discard substantial parts of his theories.