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Thomas Malthus was an economist, not a biologist. Yet, his essay on populations provided Darwin with an important missing piece of the evclution puzle. How?

As an economist, he helped Darwin understand that a steady funding source was critical to the success of any research programme.

Malthus had also experimented with giraffes and found out how their necks became longer.

Malthus was a hobby geologist that travelled with Darwin to South America.

Malthus introduced the idea that populations will always outstrip their resources, leading to famine.