How was Darwin influenced by Thomas Malthus's work on population growth?

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Malthus' assertion about population growth and resources provided a key condition for natural selection.

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The levirate is a marriage custom in which:

a. a widow marries the brother or another close relative of her dead husband. b. a widower marries the sister or another close relative of his dead wife. c. a person marries a cross cousin. d. a person marries a parallel cousin. e. the groom must marry his sister.

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Switching back and forth between one linguistic variant and another depending not eh cultural context

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All of the following are true regarding the price elasticity of demand except which one?

A) It is measured in percentage changes. B) It measures how much the quantity demanded changes in response to a change in price. C) It measures the movement along the demand curve in response to a change in price. D) It measures how much the demand curve shifts in response to a change in price.

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