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Period: 1500 to
Theory:
Spontaneous Generation: life arose abruptly from inanimate matter. -
Microscope
Zacharias Jenssen invented the microscope -
Discovery of the Cell
Robert Hooke discovers the cell by observing them in a microscope. coming from a cork tree. -
Sighting of the first living cell
Antoin Von Leewenhock looks at pond water and sights the first living cell -
Antoin Van Lockwenhock made more discoveries,
(including the first protozoa and bacteria ever seen.) -
Discovery of the nucleus in plant cells
made by Robert Brown -
Realization
pMattrus Shleiden realizes plants are made up of cells -
Second Realization
Theodore Shwann realizes animals are also made up of cells -
Discovery Sperm and eggs are also cells
(made by Albercht Von Roelliker) -
Rework of the cell theory
Carl Heinrich Brown reworks the cell theory, calling them the basic unit of life. -
Important proposition
Rudolf Virchow proposes that all cells come from other cells -
Evolution Point of VIew
August Wersmann amplifies the information by Virchow, from a perspective point of evolution, highlighting that there is an interrupted constant between modern and primitive cells.