- He was a British scholar in the lat 18th and early 19th centuries.

- He predicted that eventually the human population would become so vast that natural resourspces would not be able to properly support it.

Contributions to Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)

His theory lead to Darwin's theory that lack of resources leads to the "most fit" being able to survive from competition and the survivors will reproduce offspring with the genes to help them survive.