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Spontaneous generation refers 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:

'''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:

* Moldy grain produces mice

* Moldy grain produces mice

* Rotting garbage produces rats

* Rotting garbage produces rats

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 Pastuer]], 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).

 

Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>, and is used to obscure the concept of [[abiogenesis]]. Abiogenesis refers to a theorized event where a self-replicating chemical became self-replicating life.

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