MATCH THE SCIENTIST with his contribution A. CHARLES DARWIN B. THOMAS MALTHUS C. JEAN-BAPTISTE LAMARCK D. CHARLES LYELL E. JAMES HUTTON proposed that Earth was shaped by geological forces that took place over millions of years proposed that organisms acquired or lost traits during their lifetime by selective use or disuse of organs predicted that the human population will grow faster than the space and food the space and food needed to sustain it stressed that scientists can explain past events in terms of processes occurring they can observe happening now proposed a hypothesis to explain how living things change over time