Which statement concerning spontaneous generation of life is true?
A) During the European Renaissance, most people understood that life can only arise from preexisting life.
B) Redi's experiments showed that flies only arose from rotting meat previously exposed to air.
C) Discovery of microscopic organisms in the 1600s disproved the idea of spontaneous generation.
D) In the 1600s, some believed that a "life force" in chemical environments could cause spontaneous generation of life.
E) Pasteur's experiments showed that microorganisms could arise from nonliving matter.

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In the 1600s, the concept of spontaneous generation was still widely accepted, and it was believed by some that a "life force" present in certain chemical environments could spontaneously generate life. This reflects the historical context of scientific understanding before the disproof of spontaneous generation by experiments conducted by scientists like Redi and Pasteur in later centuries.

Which Statement Concerning Spontaneous Generation of Life Is True