Question

It is possible that the work of Thomas Malthus on population influenced Darwin. Natural selection is based on certain observation which are factual. For example, nature resources are limited, populations etc

Answer 1

Malthus came to prominence for his 1798 essay on population growth. In it, he argued that population multiplies geometrically and food arithmetically; therefore, whenever the food supply increases, the population will rapidly grow to eliminate the abundance. In his theory is explained that the population is not only affected by the natural selection but also is affected by the abundance of the resources.