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Francesco Redi disproved the ancient theory that some forms of life, especially insects, developed from inorganic substances. He discovered that maggots were larvae of flies and that they hatched in rotting meat.

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What did redi's experiment prove that maggots did not come from?

Redi's experiment proved that maggots did not spontaneously generate from decaying meat, contradicting the popular belief of spontaneous generation at the time.


Why was the gauze important in redi's experiment?

Redi used a jar, meat and gauze. The gauze kept the flies off the meat. Redi's hypothesis was that if you kept flies away from the meat, maggots would not appear, because the flies did not lay eggs on the meat.


What was Redi's theory?

Redi's theory, known as spontaneous generation, proposed that living organisms could arise from nonliving matter. In his famous experiment with the meat and fly larvae, Redi demonstrated that maggots do not spontaneously generate on rotting meat but instead come from eggs laid by flies. This experiment helped to disprove the idea of spontaneous generation.


Where did Francesco Redi live?

Francesco Redi was an Italian physician who in 1668 proposed a different hypothesis for the appearance of maggots from meat than spontaneous generation, formed by the Greek philosepher Aristotle. He tested his hypothesis by using a covered jar of meat and an uncovered jar of meat and concluded that maggots appeared because of the flies. wrrd


What awards did francesco redi recived?

Francesco Redi, an Italian physician and scientist, did not receive any awards during his lifetime. However, his work on disproving the theory of spontaneous generation through his famous experiments with maggots did contribute significantly to the field of biology.