Charles Darwin hypothesized that some individuals would be better equipped for survival than others, and that those that were less equipped would not survive. Darwin formulated this hypothesis based on the work of which scholar?
A
John Gould, who compared mainland and island finchesB
Thomas Malthus, who studied population growthC
Sir Isaac Newton, who formulated the laws of motionD
Gregor Mendel, who determined genetic inheritance of traits