Every Year, the Dubious Posthumous Honour of the Darwin Award

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