Who proposed that the first form of life arose from pre-existing non-l…

Question

Who proposed that the first form of life arose from pre-existing non-living organic molecules through chemical evolution?

Accepted Answer

B. {'text': 'Aleksandr Oparin (Russia) and J.B.S. Haldane (England)', 'label': 'B'}

Oparin of Russia and Haldane of England independently proposed that life originated from pre-existing non-living organic molecules (such as RNA and protein) and that chemical evolution preceded biological evolution.

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{'text': 'Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, working independently', 'label': 'A'}

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{'text': 'Stanley Miller and Harold Urey at the University of Chicago', 'label': 'C'}

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{'text': 'Louis Pasteur and Gregor Mendel, in successive decades', 'label': 'D'}