concept   spontaneous generation
culture   19th-century Biology
statement   During the 19th century, spontaneous generation was a widely accepted theory in biology, asserting that living organisms could arise from non-living matter.
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1 spontaneous generation 19th-century Biology Spontaneous generation was a widely accepted theory in 19th-century biology, where it was believed that living organisms could arise from non-living matter. 1