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Aristotle was the scientist that really saw the value of studying organisms. Without him, we would not have cells, the microscope, bacteria, etc.
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Helmont was the scientist to come through with the idea of sponteneous generation. Sponteneous Generation was the idea that said that living things evolved from non- living organisms.
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Jansen invented the first basic microscope. Without this invention, people would have never seen cells.
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The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke. Without this discovery, humans would not have been able to further their research into science and the human body.
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Anton von Leeuwenhoek was the first tpo see and really descibe bacteria. Without this discovery, scientists could not have discovered some sicknesses and how to prevent them.
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Oken came through with animal classification and evolution, all animals evolve from one another. Without this, we would not be aware that all animals come from one or two other breeds.
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Robert Brown was the first to discovered the cell nuleus. Without this discovery, we would not know what was on the inside of a cell or what the center of the cell was made of.
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Schleiden discovered what was called the "Cell Theory." This stated that all living hings were made up of one or more cells. If this had not have been discovered, we would not know what living things are made of, much about the insides of living things at all.
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Schwann was the first to state that animals were made of cells. Without this discovery, we would not know what animals were made of, nor nearly anything about them.
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Roelliker discovered that sperm and egg cells also have cells inside of them. Without this, we would be unaware that even cells have cells.
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Rudolf Virchow came to the conclusion that the cells reproduce to form other cells.
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Louis Pateur disproved Sponteneous Generation. He proved that living things came from other living things. WIthout this discovery, we would believe that all living things came from non-living things, which is truley impossible.
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I got most of my oinformation from timetoast, looking at other timelines about said person.
