Human Reproduction Question 286
Question: Who was the first scientist to estimate the human population [DPMT 1992]
Options:
A) Darwin
B) Malthus
C) Garrod
D) Vavilor
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Malthus in his ?Essay on the principle of population? (1798) pointed out that population tends to increase in geometric progression while food supply increase only in arithmetic progression.