Population

POPULATION Throughout history, the thought of overpopulation has always concerned scientists. There have been quite a few theories about what would happen to the world if the population were to grow to a size breaking earth’s carrying capacity. Of these theories, the two most probable are the Malthusian Theory and the Demographic Transition Theory. Thomas Malthus, an English clergyman, wrote an essay in 1798, which is the basis of the Malthusian Theory. Malthus wrote that …showed first 75 words of 490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 490 total…is ‘a result’. (Perhaps Malthus was preordained to be a pessimist). In the Malthusian Theory the lower class population will eventually die off, resulting in smaller population. This will save the human race. This would be a classic case of survival of the fittest. In the Demographic Transition Theory, the cultures in the Traditional and Transitional Stages will have to adapt to result in the Stable Population Stage or everyone will eventually die from overpopulation.