How can we know that there once been a continent called ” Pangaea ” without going back in time?
Glenn Blaylock Nov 27th, 2008 We can’t know for certain, but there are many line of evidence that point pretty strongly towards this. This is a topic that takes up a whole lecture in my geology classes. So, rather than type it all out. I am just going to copy the relevant portions of the outline for that chapter below. III. Continental Drift: An Idea Before Its Time A. With the introduction of more accurate world maps, people began to notice that some of the continents (South America and Africa in particular) seemed to fit together like pieces of a puzzle. 1. However, little significance was given to this until 1915 when German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener published proposed the theory of continental drift. 2. This theory proposed that the continents were once all a part of a single supercontinent Wegener called Pangea (all land). 3. This supercontinent broke up about 200 Ma into smaller continents that then drifted to their current positions. 4. Wegener and other coll
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