What Idea Did Malthus Champion That Darwin Incorporated into His

question 89

Multiple Choice

What idea did Malthus champion that Darwin incorporated into his theory of evolution?

• A) Populations have the capacity to produce more offspring than the environment can support.
• B) Populations will always produce more individuals than the environment can support.
• C) Populations will only produce the number of individuals that the environment can support.
• D) Populations will never produce offspring in stressful environments.
• E) None of these are ideas of Malthus that Darwin incorporated into his theory of evolution

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