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Categories: Articles with short description, long volume value, Biological hypotheses, Origins, Evolutionarily significant biological phenomena
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abiogenesis  autogenesis  autogeny  spontaneous generation  biopoiesis
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A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter WordNet 3.0
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Spontaneous generation is a superseded scientific theory that held that living creatures could arise from nonliving matter and that such processes were commonplace and regular. Wikipedia
In biology, abiogenesis or the origin of life is the natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds. Wikipedia
The origination of life from non-living things, as believed by Aristotle and in modern evolutionary theory Wikipedia Disambiguation
Natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds Wikidata
The study of how life on Earth emerged from inanimate organic and inorganic molecules. OmegaWiki
The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents. Wiktionary
Origination of living organisms from lifeless matter. Wiktionary (translation)
The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter. Wiktionary
The fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters. Wiktionary