GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Coastlines are constantly changing shape due to erosion.
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Earthquakes are frequently felt in many regions of the world.
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Glaciers currently exist in areas considered too warm for glaciers toform.
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Fossilized remains of the same plants and animals are found ondifferent continents.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -Possibly the most important fossil evidence found is the plant, Glossopteris. Known as a woody, seed bearing tree, the Glossopteris is named after the Greek description for tongue due to its tongue shaped leaves and is the largest genus of the extinct descendant of seed ferns.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fossils of similar organisms across widely disparate continents encouraged the revolutionary theory of continental drift. Continental drift describes one of the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time. Today, the theory of continental drift has been replaced by the science of plate tectonics.
Detailed explanation-4: -Canyon supports the theory of continental drift.