The idea of spontaneous generation was disproved through experiments by
A) Stanley Miller.
B) Harold Urey.
C) Francesco Redi and Louis Pasteur.
D) Allan Hills.
E) Johannes van der Waals.

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Francesco Redi and Louis Pasteur conducted experiments that disproved spontaneous generation. Redi's experiment involved showing that meat kept isolated from flies did not generate maggots, while meat exposed to flies did. Pasteur's experiments involved showing that microorganisms did not arise spontaneously in sterilized nutrient broth, but rather were introduced from the air. Stanley Miller and Harold Urey conducted experiments on the origin of life by simulating conditions on early Earth, while Allan Hills is a location in Antarctica where meteorites have been discovered. Johannes van der Waals was a Dutch physicist known for his work on intermolecular forces.

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