Every year,the dubious posthumous honour of the Darwin Award is bestowed on people who "improve the human gene pool by accidentally killing themselves in really stupid ways." In 2002,for example,a man used a chainsaw to open a grenade because he wanted to make firecrackers;instead,the grenade exploded.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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The Darwin Awards are in homage to natural selection, which is the process by which certain individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on their advantageous traits to their offspring. By removing themselves from the gene pool through foolish actions, recipients of the Darwin Award are inadvertently improving the human gene pool by eliminating their own undesirable traits.

Every Year,the Dubious Posthumous Honour of the Darwin Award Is