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Early Theories on Life's Origin

The document discusses several early theories on the origin of life on Earth: 1) The Creation Theory states that all life forms were created by God according to the Bible. 2) The Theory of Abiogenesis suggests that living things developed naturally from simple non-living organic compounds through chemical processes aided by energy sources like lightning. 3) The Theory of Biogenesis posits that all living things arise only from other living things, as supported by experiments by Redi and Pasteur disproving spontaneous generation. 4) The Theory of Catastrophism proposed periodic catastrophes destroyed past creations with each new creation by God, modifying the biblical creation story.

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Early Theories on Life's Origin

The document discusses several early theories on the origin of life on Earth: 1) The Creation Theory states that all life forms were created by God according to the Bible. 2) The Theory of Abiogenesis suggests that living things developed naturally from simple non-living organic compounds through chemical processes aided by energy sources like lightning. 3) The Theory of Biogenesis posits that all living things arise only from other living things, as supported by experiments by Redi and Pasteur disproving spontaneous generation. 4) The Theory of Catastrophism proposed periodic catastrophes destroyed past creations with each new creation by God, modifying the biblical creation story.

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Early Theories on the Origin of life on Earth

Creation Theory Theory of Theory of Theory of


Abiogenesis Biogenesis Catasthrophism
> The basis is the
> All living things were > All living things come
Bible, from the book > This theory was
naturally created from from living things. supported by George
of genesis, which non-living things such as Cuvier and Orbigny. It is
means beginning. > Experiments of
simple organic compound. said to be a modification
Francesco Redi and of the creation story of
> All life forms existing > Before life could evolve, Louis Pasteur disproved bible.
here on Earth have simple molecules combined the thought of
been created by a to form complex ones. The spontaneous generation > It states that there
energy that drove these have been several living
supreme being or during their time.
chemical process may come creations from God, each
God. from lightning or some form encountered a
of geothermal energy catastrophe, which
culminating in the evolution completely destroy them.
of cells from simple to
multicellular forms.

Miller – Urey Louis Pasteur’s Francesco Redi’s


Experiment Experiment Experiment
> The Miller–Urey > Louis Pasteur designed a > In 1668, Francesco Redi,
experiment (or Miller procedure to test whether an Italian scientist, designed
experiment) was a sterile nutrient broth could a scientific experiment to
chemical experiment spontaneously generate test the spontaneous
that simulated the microbial life. To do this, creation of maggots by
conditions thought at he set up two experiments. placing fresh meat in each
the time (1952) to be In both, Pasteur added of two different jars. ... Redi
present on the early nutrient broth to flasks, successfully demonstrated
Earth and tested the bent the necks of the flasks that the maggots came from
chemical origin of life into S shapes, and then fly eggs and thereby helped
under those conditions. boiled the broth to kill any to disprove spontaneous
existing microbes. generation.

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