the ancient greeks introduced the earliest belief that life was spontaneously generated from nonliving matter.
the ancient greeks introduced the earliest belief that life was spontaneously generated from nonliving matter.
who introduced the earliest belief that life was spontaneously generated from nonliving matter?
the ancient greeks
the ancient greeks believed that living things could spontaneously come into being from nonliving matter, and that the goddess gaia could make life arise spontaneously from stones – a process known as "generatio spontanea". aristotle disagreed, but he still believed that creatures could arise from dissimilar organisms or from soil. variations of this concept of spontaneous generation still existed as late as the 17th century, but towards the end of the 17th century, a series of observations and arguments began that eventually discredited such ideas. this advance in scientific understanding was met with much opposition, with personal beliefs and individual prejudices often obscuring the facts.
biogenesis
bullet::::- 1991 "definitely superior, lake superior: winter journal", thunder bay, on.









































bullet::::- 1991 "lake superior: winter journal" ace art, winnipgeg, mb.









































bullet::::- 1992 "generated spontaneously generated", aka artist’s centre, saskatoon, sk.









































bullet::::- 1992 "re(dis)covering", eastern edge, st. john’s, nf. with k, pittman.









































bullet::::- 1993 "generated spontaneously generated", unb arts centre, fredericton, nb.









































bullet::::- 1993 "generated spontaneously generated", muttart gallery, calgary, ab.









































bullet::::- 1994 "hibernaculum", mendel art gallery, saskatoon, sk.









































bullet::::- 1995 "engorge", articule, montreal, qc.









































bullet::::- 1996 "rapt", aka artist’s centre, saskatoon, sk. collaboration with k. sellars.









































bullet::::- 1997 "in her nature", glendon gallery, york university, toronto, on.
susan shantz