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How did Thomas Malthus help Darwin in his theory?

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His calculations and theories produced an idea that the human population would increase geometrically while the food supply and natural resources would only increase arithmetically. ... Malthus' Principle of Population caused Darwin to rethink many issues while coming up with his theory of natural selection.

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