EVOLUTION
HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
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Question
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The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that
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in the human population, people die faster than babies are born.
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without certain checks on population size, there would soon be insufficient food for the growing human population.
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in the 1700s, England needed more housing.
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the majority of a species’ offspring die.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Malthus’ most famous work was his Essay on the Principle of Population, first published in 1798 and enlarged in later editions. This work contained his famous argument that human populations tend to grow faster than agricultural output, resulting in famines or crises.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malthusian Theory: Malthus stated that population increased in a geometric progression (ie., 2, 4, 16, 132…) while food production increased in arithmetic progression (ie., 2, 4, 6, 8…). Thus population grew faster than food production and tended to outstrip it in a short time.
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