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# Darwin descendent not among the fittest
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/darwin-descendent-not-among-the-fittest/
- Published: 2004-06-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:32:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

William Pryor, great-great-great grandson of famed evolutionist Charles Darwin, will be a speaker at Fairview Branch Library today.

From 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pryor will discuss “Survival of the Coolest,” a book that describes his descent into drug addiction and subsequent recovery in the midst of a dysfunctional family struggling with the legacy of the Darwin name.

The library is located at 2101 Ocean Park Blvd. For information, call (310) 450- 0443.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 12, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)