Question

At the time Darwin voyaged on the HMS Beagle, the popularly accepted theory in Western culture that explained the origin of Earth's plants and animals held that the various species __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Were created by God by spontaneous generation.

Explanation:

The spontaneous generation was the idea that all living organisms could arise from nonliving matter and this process was still in happening. Rejection of spontaneous generation is no longer controversial among biologists. By the middle of the 19th century, experiments by Louis Pasteur and others refuted the traditional theory of spontaneous generation and supported biogenesis.