How was Darwin influenced by Thomas Malthus's work on population growth?
A) Malthus' assertion that resource abundance closely tracked population increase forced Darwin to look to something other than overproduction of offspring as a driver in natural selection.
B) Malthus' assertion about population growth and resources provided a key condition for natural selection.
C) Darwin liked the concept of Latin taxonomic classification as it pertained to human groups.
D) Darwin was greatly influenced by research on acquired characteristics.
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