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Alfred Wegner and Continental Drift

Everything Everywhere Daily
Everything Everywhere Daily
Episode • Sep 20, 2021 • 11m
In 1910, a German Earth scientist noticed something about the map of the world. South America seemed to fit into Africa. North America seemed to fit into northwest Africa and Europe. He proposed that the continents may at one time have been joined and subsequently moved. The scientific community laughed at him and rejected his idea. Learn more about Alfred Wegener and the theory of Continental Drift, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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