Chapter 1, Problem 1R

Review

1. How did the idea of spontaneous generation come about?

Summary Introduction

To review:

The historical perspective of spontaneous generation hypothesis

Introduction:

Spontaneous generation was a hypothesis that postulated that a living organism develops from a non-living thing.

Explanation of Solution

Conclusion

Since the time of Louis Pasteur’s theory of biogenesis had been introduced, no one was able to refute Pasteur’s experiment and that ended the concept of abiogenesis or spontaneous generation.