People once thought that life could arise from nonliving matter, an idea called spontaneous generation. How did scientist show this idea to be incorrect.

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Genetic scientists transferred genes between organisms

Robert Hooke identified cells in the tissue of cork

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observed tiny living things under a microscope

Louis Pasteur conducted an experiment on the growth of microbes in meat broth.

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Louis Pasteur conducted an experiment on the growth of microbes in meat broth.

Pasteur's experiments, particularly his use of swan-neck flasks, demonstrated that microorganisms in the air were responsible for contaminating sterilized broth, thereby disproving the idea of spontaneous generation. His work showed that life does not arise spontaneously from nonliving matter.