The shaping of cultural milieus by culture is a form of niche which can explain human traits independently of nativist explanations (see the entry on innateness and language).
Even where moral beliefs are heavily shaped by culture, there might be such evolutionary influences in the background: evolved psychological traits may have contributed to the shaping of cultural practices themselves, influencing, for example, the development of "family first" cultural norms that inform our judgments.
The movement took the shape of a cultural and national revival, expressed in large part through the activities of the cultural organization Matica Hrvatska, but it soon culminated in calls for greater Croatian autonomy.
Every spring some of the foundation's flowers bloom at Tribeca in the form of staged readings of screenplays under development, and it is in these readings and the discussions that follow that one can perhaps most clearly discern the shape of the cultural beast still fighting to be born.
So national and regional differences still function, and shape the meaning of cultural and political phenomena, from pop songs to antiracist activism.
Having explored the shape-shifting nature of cultural meme-ery (ala Black Bieber) in episodes previous, this season chose to grip the wheel, and swerve a hard right into the authentic and grim.
Rather, the distinction on the basis of reproductive possibilities shapes and is shaped by the sorts of cultural and social phenomena (like varieties of social segregation) these possibilities gives rise to.
Eventually, Zemen became the leading literary newspaper in the country, run by a circle of critics who helped shape the cultural landscape of the country.
The shape of bells depends on cultural environment, intended use, and material of construction.
Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape of a political or cultural movement.
