Both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace acknowledged the influence of the economist Thomas Malthus in the development of their ideas about natural selection. Specifically, Malthus' ideas about geometric population growth implied that:
A. resources in every generation would be
limited, so individuals in every generation
would have to compete for those resources.
B. only the largest and strongest individuals
would survive.
C. organisms should have as many offspring
as possible.
D. organisms should have a few, very fit
offspring who can compete for scarce
resources.
E. all of the answer options are correct.
A
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