What Was Thomas Malthus's Contribution to Natural Selection

question 35

Multiple Choice

What was Thomas Malthus's contribution to natural selection?

• A)the binomial taxonomic system of naming species
• B)the theory that the Earth's old age is based on geologic evidence resulting from cataclysmic events
• C)the observation that an abundance of food would allow a population to increase geometrically and indefinitely,but there simply is not enough food so populations are limited by food supply
• D)the theory that environmental resources increase in response to population pressures

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