Explanation: Francesco Redi was a scientist who designed an experiment to test the spontaneous creation of maggots. It consisted of placing fresh meat in two different jars; one of them was left open (so flies could enter) while the other was covered with a cloth.
As Redi predicted, maggots only appeared in the meat that came in contact with the flies, not in the covered jar. So, t<u>he experiment showed that maggots do not spontaneously arise from decaying meat but come from flies that land on it. </u>
