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Spontaneous generation

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The previously popular notion that living organisms arise or develop from nonliving matter.


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The theory of spontaneous generation held that complex, living organisms may be produced from nonliving matter. It was a popular belief that mice occur spontaneously from stored grain, or maggots spontaneously appear in meat.


Related phrases: theory of spontaneous generation.
Synonym: autogenesis, autogeny, abiogenesis.
Compare: biogenesis.


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Re: Alternative Theories to Evolution

Spontaneous generation, obviously. There's another one that's been pretty solidly disproven. So far no one has actually provided ...

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by alextemplet
Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Alternative Theories to Evolution
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Re: Alternative Theories to Evolution

Spontaneous generation, obviously. EDIT: </sarcasm>

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by Zongo
Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:04 pm
 
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... is to cause cancer. Now, new genes. New genes arise from old genes (no spontaneous generation at the genetic level either). Genomes are not static things, particularly at the ...

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by wbla3335
Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:17 am
 
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Re: Problems with Evolution !

... that theoretically occurs in every infected person. Autogenesis? As in spontaneous generation? We figured it happened - at least once. Also doesn't appear to be happening now.

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by JorgeLobo
Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:32 am
 
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Re: Cells come from other cells reasoning

... have at some point derived from non-cels and life from non-life. So spontaneous generation happened at some time - just not any more/

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by JorgeLobo
Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:04 am
 
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