Many scientific discoveries have contributed to the explanation of how life began on Earth. Which of the following was NOT used to develop this scientific theory?
A)Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation by showing that bacteria will not grow on
meat in a sterilized environment.
B)Oparin's "primordial soup" theory was tested by Miller and Urey by passing sparks through a
mixture of gases to represent lightning and within a week, several simple organic molecules
had formed.
C)Scientists supported Lynn Margulis' theory that eukaryotic organelles such
as mitochondria and chloroplasts originated as prokaryotes that lived inside other, larger
prokaryotic cells.
D)Darwin's argument that vestigial structures are evidence that evolution has occurred.