As Darwin was working on his notes and the theory of evolution, his thoughts about how evolutionary change could occur were influenced by a concept he had read in an essay written in 1798 by ________.
A) Alfred Wallace.
B) Norman Borlaug.
C) Jean Baptiste Lamarck.
D) Malthus.
E) Theophrastus.

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Darwin's thoughts on evolutionary change were influenced by the concept of struggle for existence, which he encountered in an essay on population by Thomas Malthus written in 1798. Malthus's ideas on population growth and resources competition helped Darwin conceptualize natural selection.

As Darwin Was Working on His Notes and the Theory