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Which of the following represents an idea that Darwin learned from the writings of Thomas Malthus?
A. Earth has changed over the years through a series of massive geological events.
B. Earth is more than 10,000 years old.
C. Technological innovation in agricultural practices will permit exponential growth of the human population into the foreseeable future.
D. Populations tend to increase at a faster rate than their food supply allows.
E. The environment is responsible for natural selection.
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VerifiedDarwin learned from Thomas Malthus that overpopulation leads to a shortage of resources. Malthus noticed that plants and animals tend to over-reproduce, which can also be applied to humans. Thus, Darwin came up with the idea that those individuals that were able to get enough resources could survive and possibly reproduce compared to those that were not able to get the proper resources and died.
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