jan 1, 1912 - Hypothesis of Continental drift.
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Alfred Wegner in January 1912, Alfred had a lot of evidence supporting the continental drift. Some evidence supporting this idea is Paleoclimatic indicators that linked South America and Africa. Glacial tropical rain forests and desert deposits were aligned when continents were placed together. Alfred called the huge landmass "Pangea".
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The History of Plate Tectonics
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