Spontaneous Generation
Spontaneous generation is the belief that life can spring from dead material. Belief in the spontaneous generation of life has been shared by many civilizations for thousands of years and took centuries to disprove. It seems to be a common observational event that dead organic material can spontaneously sprout living things, like maggots and bacteria. Aristotle popularized the concept as noted in his fourth century BC work, History of Animals, With animals, some spring from parent animals according to their kind, whilst others grow spontaneously and not from kindred stock; and of these instances of spontaneous generation some come from putrefying… Read More »