Darwin’s idea on evolution by natural selection has been disproven when it comes to the origin of life because Pasteur discredited spontaneous generation. A) True. B) True, with regards to origin of life only; natural selection applies to later life C) False. Pasteur’s experiment discredited ideas that complex organisms (e.g., mice) could arise in weeks or months later from inanimate matter (e.g., cloth) or from other organisms (e.g., grain). Pasteur’s experiment does not discredit the possibility of simple life evolving over billions of year

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Darwin’s idea on evolution by natural selection has been disproven when it comes to the origin of
life because Pasteur discredited spontaneous generation.
A) True.
B) True, with regards to origin of life only; natural selection applies to later life
C) False. Pasteur’s experiment discredited ideas that complex organisms (e.g., mice) could arise in
weeks or months later from inanimate matter (e.g., cloth) or from other organisms (e.g., grain).
Pasteur’s experiment does not discredit the possibility of simple life evolving over billions of
year

6. Darwin's idea on evolution by natural selection has been disproven when it comes to the origin of
life because Pasteur discredited spontaneous generation.
A) True.
B) True, with regards to origin of life only; natural selection applies to later life
C) False. Pasteur's experiment discredited ideas that complex organisms (e.g., mice) could arise in
weeks or months later from inanimate matter (e.g., cloth) or from other organisms (e.g., grain).
Pasteur's experiment does not discredit the possibility of simple life evolving over billions of
years.
Transcribed Image Text:6. Darwin's idea on evolution by natural selection has been disproven when it comes to the origin of life because Pasteur discredited spontaneous generation. A) True. B) True, with regards to origin of life only; natural selection applies to later life C) False. Pasteur's experiment discredited ideas that complex organisms (e.g., mice) could arise in weeks or months later from inanimate matter (e.g., cloth) or from other organisms (e.g., grain). Pasteur's experiment does not discredit the possibility of simple life evolving over billions of years.
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