A key contribution to Darwin's thinking was the concept of limits put on the geometric growth of populations by nature,originally proposed by
A)Charles Lyell.
B)Thomas Malthus.
C)Karl Popper.
D)Peter Raven.
E)Russel WallacE.

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Thomas Malthus proposed in his 1798 essay "An Essay on the Principle of Population" that population growth is limited by factors such as famine, disease, and war. Darwin adapted this idea to his theory of natural selection and saw that only the fittest individuals would survive and reproduce, limiting the growth of populations.

A Key Contribution to Darwin's Thinking Was the Concept of Limits