The Darwin Awards countdown to extinction
By: Wendy Northcutt
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780525951919
Description: Features examples of people whose lack of common sense resulted in their demise, in a tribute to how the evolutionary process is improved when individuals of questionable intelligence accidentally remove themselves from the gene pool.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Food: out to lunch!; title: Science interlude: The mystery of super-toxic snake venom; title: Father knows best; title: Science interlude: DNA fossils, the evolution of HIV; title: Working nine to five; title: Science interlude: RNAI, interference by Mother Nature; title: Private parts: caught with their pants down; title: Science interlude: Why bother with sex?; title: Women: will she or won't she?; title: Science interlude: Sex on the brain; title: The fasttrack: trains, cars, and bar stools!; title: Science interlude: Left behind, vestigial structures; title: Explosions: ticking time bomb; title: Science interlude: Evolving cancer; title: Electricity: common grounds; title: Science interlude: Quorum sensing, secret language of bacteria; title: Tools: the monkey wrench; title: Science interlude: Rapid evolution; title: Random acts of ridiculousness; title: Science interlude: Batty behavior; title: Double Darwin winners: twice as nice; title: FAQ: you ask, we tell.