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Know what the Spontaneous Generation Debate was, which scientists played a part, and how each contributed to settling the debate. Who finally disproved it? How? Why didn't the other experiments prove/disprove spontaneous generation? CORRECT ANSWER penned by Aristotle, held its own for over 2000 years. Francesco Redi did not believe in spontaneous generation. 1668, set up an experiment to disprove it. (Meat in the flask experiment. One uncovered, one with a film, and one with a cork. Flies/maggots only appeared on the uncovered one.) Robert Hooke, in 1665, discovered the "cell". 1683, Anton van Leeuwenhoek observed plaque from his teeth. Rekindled spontaneous generation debate when he discovered microbes randomly appearing in rainwater after a few days. John Needham conducted an experiment to prove Spontaneous Generation. Took water, boiled it, corked it, and then observed the growth after a few days had passed. Lazzarro Spallanzani disproved the Theory of Spontaneous Generation. He disproved it by recreating John Needham's experiment by making sure the example was not exposed to the air before being boiled. Understand the Germ Theory of Disease, what steps were taken (or proposed) early on to