Is Human Culture A Buffer Against Natural Selection Or An Engine Of It?

“Biologists have seen [culture] as a shield that protects people from the full force of other selective pressures, since clothes and shelter dull the bite of cold and farming helps build surpluses to ride out famine. … Many biologists are now seeing the role of culture in a quite different light. Although it does shield people from other forces, culture itself seems to be a powerful force of natural selection.”