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It was Louis Pasteur who refuted the theory of spontaneous generation. Pasteur was a French scientist who lived from 1822 to 1895.

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Who performed an experiment that refuted the spontaneous generation of life?

Hitlers personal surgeon. ( i guess you could say Hitler)


Why did theory of spontaneous generation change?

Spontaneous generation is known as abiogenesis, which is life arising from non-living material. However, this was refuted by Louis Pasteur who proved that living things arise from other living things.


Why did the theory spontaneous generation change?

Spontaneous generation is known as abiogenesis, which is life arising from non-living material. However, this was refuted by Louis Pasteur who proved that living things arise from other living things.


What ideas contradicted the cell theory A. spontaneous generation B. asexual reproduction C. evolution by natural selection D. inheritance traits?

That would be A. Spontaneous generation is a concept long refuted and the other choices all happen under cell theory


What is a sentence for spontaneous generation?

We're part of such a spontaneous generation!


What question was Spallanzani's experiment designed to answer?

It was to answer whether or not Spontaneous generation is possible or not.


Doing living things undergo spontaneous generation?

No, spontaneous generation has never occurred, and according to the law of biogenesis, it will never occur. The law of biogenesis, along with being the fundamental law of scientific study, states that living things can only come from living things, and this has consistenly remained correct through multifarious experiments, particularly those of Louis Pasteur and Francesco Redi. Because matter has no possibility of creating living matter, spontaneous generation has never occurred.


What was Rudolf virchow trying to prove thought his work?

The theory of spontaneous generation was false.


Why was the abandonment of the spontaneous generation theory so significant?

The concept of spontaneous generation was the idea that life could form out of nowhere, like fleas from dust. The abandonment of this idea in place of more modern ideas of cell theory and germ theory marked a great forward movement in understanding of biology.


Who were the two early scientists whose experiments helped disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?

Redi and Pasteur helped to disprove spontaneous generation.


What bible verse disproved the spontaneous generation theory?

Nothing in the bible disproved spontaneous generation, the scientists Louis Pasteur and Francesco Redi disproved spontaneous generation in a series of very careful experiments.


Can someone explain spontaneous generation in a way a 13year old may understand?

A refuted concept that basically stated that organisms could be generated from inorganic, or organic matter. Such as rotten meat giving rise to maggots. Experimentally refuted by Louis Pasture in the 19th century. ( had nothing to do with abiogenesis, though creationists like to think so )