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BIOLOGY
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ThomasMalthus
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Charles Lyell
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Karl Popper
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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Detailed explanation-1: -The book An Essay on the Principle of Population was first published anonymously in 1798, but the author was soon identified as Thomas Robert Malthus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malthus’ work made Darwin realize the importance of overpopulation and how it was necessary to have variability in different populations. Darwin also used Malthus’ ideas to use competition as well as the survival in numbers idea to come up with his full idea of natural selection.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rev Thomas Robert Malthus, 1766–1834. In 1798 Malthus had published, anonymously, An essay on the principle of population as it affects the future improvement of society. 1 In it he called attention to the disparity between the rate of population growth and the slower increase in the food supply.