__________________ Proposed That Population Size Increases at a Faster Rate

Question

__________________ proposed that population size increases at a faster rate than food supplies.
A) Erasmus Darwin
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
C) Thomas Malthus
D) Charles Lyell
E) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Accepted Answer

This statement is known as Malthusian theory, which was proposed by Thomas Malthus in his 1798 essay "An Essay on the Principle of Population". He argued that population growth would eventually outpace the growth of food supplies, leading to famine and other crises.