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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.
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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