Where Does Life Come From?
Where Does Life Come From?. Chapter 1, Section 3. Life Comes from Life. Spontaneous Generation. Living things come from nonliving things Disproved by Louis Pasteur in mid-1800’s. Life Comes from Life. Biogenesis. Living things come only from other living things. Life’s Origin.
Where Does Life Come From?
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Where Does Life Come From? Chapter 1, Section 3
Life Comes from Life • Spontaneous Generation • Living things come from nonliving things • Disproved by Louis Pasteur in mid-1800’s
Life Comes from Life • Biogenesis • Living things come only from other living things
Life’s Origin • Oparin’s Hypothesis • Gases in the early atmosphere combined to form the complex molecules found in living things • Proposed by Russian scientist, Alexander Oparin, in 1924 • Found valid through testing by Stanley L. Miller and Harold Urey in 1953