Which of the following is true?
A) Darwin and Wallace were both influenced by Malthus.
B) Wallace proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection that was similar to Darwin's.
C) Malthus claimed that because human population growth would outstrip any increases in food production, famine was a likely result.
D) Darwin realized that all populations had the capacity to rapidly increase in numbers.
E) All of the above

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- A is true as both Darwin and Wallace were influenced by Thomas Malthus and his idea of competition for resources among individuals.
- B is true as Wallace independently came up with a theory of evolution by natural selection that was very similar to Darwin's.
- C is true as Malthus argued that human populations would grow faster than the production of food, eventually leading to checks on population growth such as famine.
- D is not true as Darwin actually recognized that populations could not continue to increase indefinitely and that there were limits to growth.

Which of the Following Is True