EVOLUTION
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
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Question
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Who was the first scientist to try to disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?
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Redi
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Needham
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Spallanzani
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Pasteur
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Louis Pasteur is credited with conclusively disproving the theory of spontaneous generation with his famous swan-neck flask experiment.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1859, Louis Pasteur, a French microbiologist conducted another broth experiment that settled the question of spontaneous generation once and for all.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Needham. Louis Pasteur. Francesco Redi. Spallanzani and Pasteur both disproved spontaneous generation in their experiments.
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