Biogenesis is the theory that living things can only come from other living things. It was developed in 1858 by Rudolf Virchow as a counter-hypothesis to spontaneous generation.

Who discovered biogenesis?

Biogenesis is the production of new living organisms. Conceptually, biogenesis is sometimes attributed to Louis Pasteur and encompasses the belief that complex living things come only from other living things, by means of reproduction.

Is biogenesis proven?

Pasteur did experiments between 1855 and 1864 that proved life only came from life. ... These experiments disproved the theory of a biogenesis that life could come from non living things. The experiments of Louis Pasteur and Redi established the theory of biogenesis, that complex organisms come only from complex organisms.