Question

Darwin's views on organic evolution were heavily shaped by which work of Thomas R. Malthus?

Options

• The Fauna of the East Indies

• Principles of Population

• Principles of Geology

• Origin of Species by Natural Selection

Answer 1

Darwin's views on organic evolution were heavily shaped by Principles of Population by Thomas R. Malthus, published in 1798. Principles of Geology was authored by Charles Lyell, not Malthus.