Every Year, the Dubious Posthumous Honour of the Darwin Award

question 11

Multiple Choice

Every year, the dubious posthumous honour of the Darwin Award is bestowed on people who "[improve] the human genome by . . . accidentally kill[ing] themselves in really stupid ways." In Kenya, on 24 April 2014, two men taking selfies with a wild elephant were trampled to death by the irate pachyderm. To which of Darwin's principles are the Darwin Awards in homage?

• A) natural selection
• B) adaptation
• C) evolutionary noise
• D) mutation

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