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Culture evolution: the adaptive change of a culture to recurrent environmental pressures. lifestyle evolution: choices. Unlike bio evol driven by bio forces, cultural evol is driven mainly by psyc forces. I t"s a product of human intellect and physical capacity, both of which have strong genetic components. Cultural evol has been guiding force behind social, cultural, tech innovation in areas as law, art, science, med, engineering. Cultural evol has been the primary agent involved in shaping lifestyle, the aggregate behaviour of a person, or the way a person leads his or her life. and. in ancient times, lifestyle was the same for everyone. Today, no predominant lifestyle; cultural evol has afforded us the luxury of choosing among many alternatives. cultural evol has resulted in a much higher standard of living tht past but also produced threats to our health and safety. a healthy lifestyle can be viewed as one that ensures an individual"s physical and psychological well-being. be unhealthy.