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I don't think anybody is suggesting we should discover a "natural morality" and rule our behavior according to it. That would be absurd, especially if we look for it, not in human instinct, but in Nature in general. That implies a personalization of Nature, or the existence of an entity that planned it and expects us to follow an externally set rule.
We were only wondering about what part of morality comes from biological imperatives, but morality is a human construction, it's useless to try to avoid that.
What we need to come to terms with is a morality that we now know is relative, and yet that we feel is essential to our peaceful cohabitation with other members of the species that have a different morality.
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