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Spontaneous Generation
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Spontaneous generation is a superseded scientific theory holding that living creatures could arise from non-living matter as a commonplace, regular process, such as fleas from dust or maggots from dead flesh.
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Spontaneous generation is a superseded scientific theory that held that living creatures could arise from non-living matter and that such processes were commonplace and regular. It was hypothesized that certain forms, such as fleas, could arise from inanimate matter such as dust, or that maggots could arise from dead flesh.
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