Origin of life

From ResearchID.org

Jump to: navigation, search

The Origin of life is extremely complex and represents the foundational difference between telic biotic theories such as Intelligent design and Creation Science, and atelic biotic theories such as neo-Darwinism.

Contents

Omne vivum ex vivo

The foundational observation of biology: Omne vivum ex vivo (Latin: Only life from life) is first attributed to William Harvey, c. 1630 (1) — William Harvey, c. 1630 (1). (Also referred to as: Omne vivum ex ovo - Latin: only life from an egg.) Louis Pasteur disproved the prevailing theory of spontaneous generation, showing conclusively that biological life was never observed rising spontaneously from sterilized media.

See also

Abiogenesis

External links

Pro-ID Origin links

Non-ID Origin links

References

1. William Harvey [quoted in] René Dubos, Louis Pasteur: Free Lance of Science, Da Capo Press, 1950, 1960. p 159.


Field(s)  (?)

Personal tools

Add to Google

Add to My Yahoo!