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Before Darwin wrote in length about the Theory of Evolution, had science produced any other versions on the origin of life that were backed by science?

Other than the religious explanations for where man and all other life came from, had science produced any explanation for the origin of life? Were there any hypotheses that had a big following? Were any backed by actual science? Or did everyone stick with what their religions taught them as the true origin?
gpt
I'd like to point out that evolution isn't really an "origin of life" thing. It requires life to already be present. Origin of life would fall more under abiogenesis or extra terrestrial seeding or the like.

But as others have said the Lamarckian ideas were used prior to Darwin's.