1. Thomas Malthus 2. I think the English Economist, Thomas Malthus had the most influence on Darwin’s theory of natural selection. According to the website, evolution.berkeley.edu, Malthus believed that human population is growing rapidly and availability of resources plays a major role in population growth. 3. All organisms have the potential of reproducing exponentially : Just like Darwin used the example about rabbits and their reproduction, Malthus talked about flies and exponentially reproduction. According to evolution.burkely.edu website, Malthus points out that the availability of resources could be one of the reasons why we are not knee deep in flies. Another point most directly affected by Malthus is about limited availability of resources. Malthus argued that if a family earned more money, then they would have had more children. Likewise, Darwin believed that if rabbits had more food, water and safe shelter then they would have reproduced more offspring. According to evoluti...
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