What evidence led to the development of the cell theory?

1 Answer
Nov 8, 2015

Robert Hooke saw that there tiny boxlike holes in the cork of a type of an oak tree wherein each hole was surrounded by a wall.

Explanation:

This reminded him of the cells in which monks lived. The cells he saw were dead. The boxlike structures he saw were the remains of cells that were once alive. Every organism is made of cells and every cell comes from another cell. This idea is the cell theory