1. spontaneous generation
... idea dominated scientific thinking until 1846 when Louis Pasteur completely shattered the theory by his experiments. Under controlled laboratory conditions, Pasteur proved that no organic life can emerge from decaying, nonliving mater. The previous notion has not been demonstrated in the test tube and no present process has been observed that could support the idea of ... chance for a proper combination of molecules into amino acids, and then into proteins with the properties of life is entirely unrealistic. Life cannot be created from non-life. One experiement that disputes the sponta...
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