With five previous books and more than 1.5 million copies sold, The Darwin Awards is a pop culture phenomenon. Honoring those who improve the species by accidentally removing themselves from it, The Darwin Awards countdown (to human extinction) is well under way - and we won't exit this mortal coil without one last laugh. In The Darwin Awards: Countdown to Extinction, readers will find all-new stories chronicling humans who step onto the lowest rung on the evolutionary ladder, including: nine no's with power tools; eight ways to incinerate yourself; seven safety warnings you should not ignore; six romance tips for 'safe' sex...Featuring illustrations and brilliant science-of-evolution essays, this latest volume of The Darwin Awards enumerates just how uncommon common sense still is.