Now we’re in the midst of the next mutation in evolutionary theory: Human evolution didn’t slow as we advanced from nature to culture. It accelerated and changed. Culture, born of natural selection, became natural selection’s driving force.

This is the message of a new study of the human genome. If true, it radically complicates the debate between nature and nurture. The question is no longer simply whether our genes are the source of civilization, but whether they’re also its product.

http://www.slate.com/id/2179998?wpisrc=newsletter

As indicated in the original study and this article, there are many examples of this recent hyper-evolution: 

Dairy cultivation made the ability to drink milk in adulthood advantageous, which in turn led to the genetic spread of lactose tolerance. Settlement elevated the threat of diseases such as malaria and cholera, which in turn caused the dissemination of genes for resisting such diseases. And the transition from hunting and gathering to growing corn produced new dietary threats such as diabetes, to which our DNA is still adapting.