Prior to the work of Louis Pasteur, the emergence of organisms such as worms, frogs, and eels was explained by:
A) The theory that nature abhors a vacuum.
B) The theory that organisms of this sort are causes by flies.
C) The theory that organisms of this sort are caused by cosmic dust.
D) The theory of spontaneous generation.
E) Aristotle's theory of hylomorphism.

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Prior to the work of Louis Pasteur, the predominant theory explaining the emergence of organisms such as worms, frogs, and eels was the theory of spontaneous generation, which posited that living organisms could arise spontaneously from non-living matter.

Prior to the Work of Louis Pasteur, the Emergence of Organisms