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jul 12, 1596 - Abraham Ortelius

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He found similar fossils on South America and Africa. So he assumed that at one point the continents were together. This change and motion of the continents coming together and pushing apart were very slow. He also saw volcanos erupting and mountains were forming

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jul 12, 1596
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~ 430 years ago

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