A key contribution to Darwin's thinking was the concept of limits put on the geometric growth of populations by nature, originally proposed by

A. Karl Popper.
B. Thomas Malthus.
C. Peter Raven.
D. Charles Lyell.
E. Russel Wallace.


Answer: B

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