What is spontaneous generation?

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What is spontaneous generation?

2006-12-09 17:38:50 · 3 answers · asked by Chase 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality

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It was a biological theory based on the observations that maggots emerge from rotting meat. Controlled studies have disproved this theory. (Apparently the theorists had failed to observe flies landing on the meat.)

It is sometimes confused with spontaneous combustion, which is a real but very different process.

2006-12-09 17:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Created instantly without any obvious cause

2006-12-10 01:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

It was the rough draft for the theory of evolution.

2006-12-10 01:43:28 · answer #3 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋