The Findings of Pasteur and Others Have Established That

question 4

Multiple Choice

The findings of Pasteur and others have established that

• A)living organisms do not arise from nonliving matter today,nor did they arise from nonlife in the past.
• B)advanced organisms cannot arise from nonliving matter,but simple microbial life often does arise from nonlife today.
• C)life does not arise from nonliving matter today,but in the conditions of early Earth,such an event could have occurred.
• D)living organisms regularly self- assemble (arise spontaneously)from nonliving matter.

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