A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.
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Examples for "abiogenesis "
Examples for "abiogenesis "
1 So far the theory of abiogenesis may be taken as disproved.
2 The result is that the evidence in favor of abiogenesis has utterly broken down, in every case which has been properly tested.
3 One important demonstration was his controversion of the theory of abiogenesis , or "spontaneous generation," as propounded by Needham and Buffon.
4 It is just fifty years since Schwann and others proved that, even with respect to them, the supposed evidence of abiogenesis was untrustworthy.
5 Professor Huxley goes on to say that however this may be, abiogenesis (or spontaneous generation) is not respectable and will not do at all now.
1 Again spontaneous generation was appealed to in order to explain their presence.
2 There are many evidences that just this spontaneous generation is taking place.
3 He contends that he has proved the possibility of spontaneous generation of life.
4 He believed in spontaneous generation , which scientific investigation has utterly disproved.
5 And these living spirits arise through a kind of spontaneous generation .
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