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What is the difference between spontaneous generation and biogenesis?

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Biogenesis supposes that the non-living materials can produce life, while spontaneous generation follows the idea that living things come only form the other living things

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Spontaneousgeneration and biogenesis both support the theory that non-living materials are the source of living organisms

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Spontaneous generation proposes that the non-living materials can produce life, biogenesis follows the idea the living things come only from other living things

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Spontaneous generation applies only to plants and how they produce life, while biogenesis applies to animals and how they produce life

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