Question

Which of the following led to the discovery of cells?

Answer 1

I think it was the microscope Most cells are microscopic, too small to see without the aid of a microscope. A microscope is an instrument which makes an object appear bigger than it is. It took the invention of this relatively simple tool to lead to the discovery of cells. In the 1660s, Robert Hooke began using microscopes to look at all sorts of materials. Anton van Leeuwenhoek took up similar work in the 1670s. They were among the first people to describe cells.