If we could document the spontaneous generation of just one complex life-form from inanimate matter, then at least a few creatures seen in the fossil record might have originated this way.

• 要是复杂生物可以从没有生命的物质自然发生，我们只要提出证据，哪怕只是一件，那麽我们就可以推论，化石记录上至少有一些生物也许就是以同样的方式形成的。