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as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, however, is inconsistent with
the most unassailable rules of biology.

" "Life Comes From Life"

In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life. The prim-
itive understanding of science in his time rested on the assumption
that living beings had a very simple structure. Since medieval times,

spontaneous generation, which asserts that non-living materials came
together to form living organisms, had been widely accepted. It was
commonly believed that insects came into being from food leftovers,
and mice from wheat. Interesting experiments were conducted to

prove this theory. Some wheat was placed on a dirty piece of cloth,
and it was believed that mice would originate from it after a while.

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