Explain the thory of spontanious creation and the experiment to prove this wrong
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Spontaneous generation or anomalous generation is an obsolete body of thought on the ordinary formation
of living organisms without descent from similar organisms. Typically, the idea was that certain forms such as
fleas could arise from inanimate matter such as dust, or that maggots could arise from dead flesh.[1] A variant
idea was that of equivocal generation, in which species such as tapeworms arose from unrelated living
organisms, now understood to be their hosts. Doctrines supporting such processes of generation held that these
processes are commonplace and regular. Such ideas are in contradiction to that of univocal generation:
effectively exclusive reproduction from genetically related parent(s), generally of the same species.
The doctrine of spontaneous generation was coherently synthesized by Aristotle, who compiled and
expanded the work of prior natural philosophers and the various ancient explanations of the appearance of
organisms; it held sway for two millennia. Today it is generally accepted to have been decisively dispelled
during the 19th century by the experiments of Louis Pasteur. He expanded upon the investigations of
predecessors (such as Francesco Redi who, in the 17th century, had performed experiments based on the same
principles). However, some experimental difficulties were still there and objections from persons holding the
traditional views persisted. Many of these residual objections were dealt with by the work of John Tyndall,
succeeding the work of Pasteur.
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