A Key Contribution to Darwin's Thinking Was the Concept of Limits

question 38

Multiple Choice

A key contribution to Darwin's thinking was the concept of limits put on the geometric growth of populations by nature, originally proposed by:

• A)Charles Lyell.
• B)Karl Popper.
• C)Russel Wallace.
• D)Thomas Malthus.

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