That's right, kids. Pasteur Was Wrong. Funny thing, science. For ages, there was no certain way of determining that maggots grew from eggs laid by flies, so it was generally assumed they arose naturally from putrefying meat and other sources. It was a different time then-- heavier rocks fell faster; bloodletting cured illness; we didn't know Soylent Green was people! See also Love Imbues Life. Examples of Spontaneous Generation include: