1. Continental Drift
... to the theory of continental drift -- more correctly called plate tectonics -- includes the following: The coasts of the continents surrounding the Atlantic Ocean could fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Living animals in widely separated lands are similar. Fossil plants and animals in India, South Africa, Australia, Antarctica and South America are similar to each other and different from plants and ... animals found in other parts of the world at the same time. There are numerous geological similarities between eastern South America and western Africa. Paleomagnetism tells us how far ...
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