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Question
CBSEENBI12047164

Human sperm was discovered by

  • Leeuwenhoek

  • Aristotle

  • Graaf

  • Pander

Solution

A.

Leeuwenhoek

Sperm were first observed in 1677 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek using a microscope, he described them as being animalcules (little animals), probably due to his belief in preformationism, which thought that each sperm contained a fully formed but small human.