all of these factors influenced darwin in his writing of the theory of evolution by natural selection except one. which factor did not influence darwin's theory?
a) he was strongly against creationism and set out to disprove it.
b) he noticed similarities between animals and plants from different places in the world.
c) another author, alfred wallace, was competing against him, largely writing the same theory.
d) he recognized similarities in malthus's theory of food limitations and with the rules of nature.

Match the following items. 1. queen isabella of spain paid for him to sail west to reach the far east equator 2. largest ocean hemisphere 3. ocean around the north pole mir 4. russian space station vasco da gama 5. imaginary line around the middle of the earth pacific 6. first to sail from portugal, around africa, to india arctic 7. florida, a piece of land almost surrounded by water spice islands 8. an imaginary line through the earth around which the earth turns columbus 9. half of sphere peninsula 10. europeans 500 years ago wanted to find an all-water route to this place axis