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Who demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life?

APasteur
BPauling
CPurkinje
DPavlov
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Pasteur
1. The theory of spontaneous generation held that life arose from decaying matter. 2. Louis Pasteur showed by careful experimentation that life comes only from pre-existing life. 3. Spontaneous generation was dismissed once and for all. _Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 7 'Evolution'_
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