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Spontaneous generation. It was proved false, by numerous scientists, but ultimately Louis Pasteur, and eventually was replaced with the theory Biogenesis--that living things arise from living things

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The theory of biogenesis states that?

The theory of biogenesis states that living organisms arise from preexisting living organisms, rather than from nonliving matter. This theory contradicts the earlier theory of abiogenesis, which proposed that life could arise spontaneously from nonliving matter.


What is the theory that living things could come from nonliving matter?

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What theory states that Living things rise spontaneously from nonliving matter?

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Compare spontaneous generation and biogenesis?

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What is the difference between a biogenesis and a spontaneous generation?

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What separates the living from the nonliving things?

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Is atom nonliving or living?

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What is the idea that living things come from nonliving things is called?

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