Which of the following thinkers argued that much of human suffering was the result of human populations increasing faster than food supply, an argument that later influenced Charles Darwin's ideas of natural selection?

A) Charles Lyell
B) Thomas Malthus
C) Godfrey Hardy
D) Gregor Mendel


Answer: B

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