General

Biology I
Class
Sir Mark Canilao
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At the end of the session, we will be able to:
• explain the origin of life on earth and the
different characteristics of living things.
• elaborate the postulates of the cell theory
CREATION THEORY
 Spontaneous Generation

4th-17th century people believed that animals

could come from non-living sources
 Abiogenesis by Stanley Miller (1953)

Abiogenesis is the creation of organic molecules by forces

other than living organisms.
 BIOGENESIS

Francesco Redi rejects Spontaneous generation (1668)

 BIOGENESIS

Louis Pasteur rejects Spontaneous generation (1861)

PANSPERMIA Anaxagoras (500-428 BCE)
Creation Theory of Theory of Panspermia
Theory Abiogenesis Biogenesis
 Creation Theory of Theory of Panspermia
Theory Abiogenesis Biogenesis

• Also known as • Living things • Living things • Asserted that

the divine were naturally come from the seeds of
creation. created from living things. life are present
• All life forms nonliving everywhere in
existing today things such as • Francesco the universe
on Earth have simple organic Redi and Louis • Life traveling
been created compounds Pasteur between
by a supreme planets as
being. • Stanley Miller seed.
• Anaxagoras
(500-428 BCE)
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE
1. What are the three postulates of the
cell theory?
2. What are the difference of
prokaryotic, and eukaryotic cell?