An Important Message from the Work of Thomas Malthus That

question 34

Multiple Choice

An important message from the work of Thomas Malthus that influenced Charles Darwin was that

• A)animals tended toward "human perfection."
• B)only a fraction of any population will survive and reproduce.
• C)the population size of humans only has the potential to increase linearly.
• D)only catastrophic events have shaped the Earth's geology.

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