Evolution Blog-week 1
Thomas Malthus, I believe, had the most impact on Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Malthus' input to evolution, somewhat challenged and raised a question about evolution. He wondered: if humans were to exceed the supply limit and resources were dwindling, then we humans will experience a decline in population. In other words, he says that if people don't have the resources to live, they will perish. This idea is somewhat relative to Darwin's philosophy of survival of the fittest. The human population will soon outperform the production limits of the universe. One of the points listed above mentions that resources are limited. This is a positive correlation with Malthus because they believe in the same outcome. Both insist that once resources become scarce, then organisms must compete for them. Another point mentioned above is that organisms with better access to resources will be more successful in their reproductive efforts. This is basically the idea of