Merian's research helped to disprove which concept?
Gravitational force
Earth's shape
Spontaneous generation
Herbalism
Answer
Spontaneous generation, the idea that living organisms can arise from nonliving matter, was challenged by Francesco Redi's experiments in the 17th century, but it wasn't until the careful experiments of Louis Pasteur in the 19th century that the concept was finally disproven. Pasteur's work provided strong evidence that all living organisms come from pre-existing living organisms, thus discrediting spontaneous generation.
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