What is the theory of spontaneous generation?
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The theory of spontaneous generation was first proposed by Aristotle in his book ”On the Generation of Animals” around 350 B.C. It describes the sudden emergence of organisms such as rats, flies and maggots within rotting meat and other decomposable items.
According to his theory, the organisms do not descend from other organisms or from a parent. They only need some viable conditions in their environment for multiplication and survival.
He was under the impression that non-living matter consists of a “vital heat” called pneuma and a combination of the four elements to make up all life: earth, air, fire and water.
He was of the idea that animals and plants generate from earth and liquid, because there was “vital heat” within all air. In layman terms, there is air in water, and there is water in earth, meaning there is “vital heat” within everything.
According to his theory, the organisms do not descend from other organisms or from a parent. They only need some viable conditions in their environment for multiplication and survival.
He was under the impression that non-living matter consists of a “vital heat” called pneuma and a combination of the four elements to make up all life: earth, air, fire and water.
He was of the idea that animals and plants generate from earth and liquid, because there was “vital heat” within all air. In layman terms, there is air in water, and there is water in earth, meaning there is “vital heat” within everything.
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What is the theory of spontaneous generation?
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Spontaneous generation is a body of thought on the ordinary formation of living organisms without descent from similar organisms. The theory of spontaneous generation held that living creatures could arise from nonliving matter and that such processes were commonplace and regular.
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