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''For more insight about historical background of Spontaneous Generation see [[Abiogenesis#Historical_Background|Abiogenesis]].''

''For more insight about historical background of Spontaneous Generation see [[Abiogenesis#Historical Background|Abiogenesis]].''

'''Spontaneous generation''' is the idea that living [[organism]]s can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref> Other definitions refer to it as to the concept that animal forms are created by the decay of organic matter<ref>http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio114/spontgen.htm</ref>

'''Spontaneous generation''' is the idea that living [[organism]]s can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref> Other definitions refer to it as to the concept that animal forms are created by the decay of organic matter<ref>http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio114/spontgen.htm</ref>

<ref>http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Spontaneous_Generation.html</ref>. Common theories included:

.<ref>http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Spontaneous_Generation.html</ref> Common theories included:

* Moldy grain produces mice

* Moldy grain produces mice

Experiments in the 1600s through the 1800s discredited this idea. These experiments took the form of allowing meat to rot in sealed and semi-sealed containers ([[Francesco Redi]], 1668), which demonstrated that maggots only formed in meat that flies laid eggs in; and by storing sterilized soup in bottles that prevented dust and bacteria from entering ([[Louis Pasteur]], 1860).

Experiments in the 1600s through the 1800s discredited this idea. These experiments took the form of allowing meat to rot in sealed and semi-sealed containers ([[Francesco Redi]], 1668), which demonstrated that maggots only formed in meat that flies laid eggs in; and by storing sterilized soup in bottles that prevented dust and bacteria from entering ([[Louis Pasteur]], 1860).

{{quotebox|It was still the [[scientific consensus]] when [[Charles Darwin]] wrote ''[[Origin of the Species]]'' in 1859 that [[microbe]]s arose by [[spontaneous generation]]. [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5788]}}

{{quotebox|It was still the [[scientific consensus]] when [[Charles Darwin]] wrote ''[[Origin of the Species]]'' in 1859 that [[microbe]]s arose by spontaneous generation. [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5788]}}

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Abiogenesis]]  

* [[Abiogenesis]]  

* [[Law of biogenesis]]

* [[Law of biogenesis]]

* [[Singularity#Biological_singularity|Biological singularity]]

* [[Singularity#Biological singularity|Biological singularity]]

* [[Germ theory]]

* [[Germ theory]]