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Answer:
The idea of spontaneous generation was disproved by Francesco Redi.
Explanation:
- Spontaneous generation is a theory that states that living organism can generate from an inanimate object.
- In, 1668, Francesco Redi demonstrate an experiment explaining the theory of spontaneous generation by using meat.He noticed that flies laid eggs on meat which was kept open and maggots developed.
- He took three pieces of meat to do the experiment.
- The first piece of meat was kept open and as usual maggot development takes place.
- With the 2nd piece of meat,he covered it with a piece of cheesecloth and noticed that,flies lay eggs on the cheesecloth but when he removed the cloth,maggot did't form.
- Next, he took a piece of paper and cover the meat piece, and he noticed that flies did't lay any eggs and thus no maggots formed.
