Q. Which of the following statements are wrong? I. Thomas Malthus is well known for his book on population II. The work of Thomas Malthus on population did not influence Darwin III. There must be a genetic basic for getting selected and to evolve IV. All the finches on the Galapagos islands are descended from a common ancestor Choose the correct option
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) I and III
D) IV and III
Explanation
Charles Robert Darwin returned to England in October 1836 from his 5-year expedition. In 1838 he came across with a book An Essay on Principle of Population written by Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834). Darwin was much influenced by Malthus theory of human population growth
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