In his book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Malthus argued that
A) there are natural limits to the number of people the environment can sustain.
B) total food production would always increase enough to support the population.
C) food shortages would only bring individuals closer together.
D) population will always be kept in check by religious mores.

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Malthus argued that population growth would always tend to outrun the food supply and that therefore there are natural limits to the number of people the environment can sustain.

In His Book an Essay on the Principle of Population