Question

Before pasteur's experiments with beef broth and s-shaped tubing, what did people think about cells?

Answer 1

They thought that cells came from non-living things and that they came into existence spontaneously.

Answer 2

Correct answer: Spontaneous Generation

Before Pasteur's experiment, people think that cells arise spontaneously. The theory of spontaneous generation is a hypothetical theory, which states that living organism originates from the non-living matter.

It was believed that dust creates fleas, maggot arises from the rotten meat, wheat and bread left in the dark corner produces mice.