Thomas Malthus

question 9

Multiple Choice

Thomas Malthus

• A)proposed that population size is kept in check by the limited availability of resources.
• B)wrote the theory of catastrophism.
• C)wrote the theory of uniformitarianism.
• D)had no influence on the development of Darwin's and Wallace's theories of natural selection.
• E)was a sixteenth-century mathematician.

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