Populations grow at very exponential rate

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A British clergyman and economist named predicted that populations would grow at a very rapid rate (exponential rate) and that the production of food and other vital resources would increase at a much slower rate. As a result, human populations would be subjected to a variety of checks on population growth such as warfare, famine, and disease.

A) Charles Darwin

B) Thomas Malthus

C) E.O. Wilson

D) Julian Simon

E) Mikhail Gorbachev.

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