EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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fossils of different species of organisms found
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fossils of the same species of organism found
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fossils of organisms that lived during the same time period found
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fossils of organisms that lived hundreds of millions of years apart found
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fossil Evidence One type of evidence that strongly supported the Theory of Continental Drift is the fossil record. Scientists have found fossils of similar types of plants and animals in rocks of similar age. These rocks were on the shores of different continents. This suggests that the continents were once joined.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rock formations of eastern North America, Western Europe, and northwestern Africa were later found to have a common origin, and they overlapped in time with the presence of Gondwanaland. Together, these discoveries supported the existence of Pangea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wegener’s first piece of evidence was that the coastlines of some continents fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. People noticed the similarities in the coastlines of South America and Africa on the first world maps, and some suggested the continents had been ripped apart [3].
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is the best evidence that Earth’s continents were once in vastly different positions than they are today? Fossils of tropical plants are found in Antarctica.