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The continents of the earth are constantly drifting, sometimes joining up against other land masses and forming supercontinents, and sometimes breaking up. Sometime before 250 million years ago, a single continent, now known as Pangea, incorporated all the major land masses of the earth.
Evolution results as living things respond to environmental changes, and one of the aspects of the environment was the super-continent of Pangea. Successful life forms could migrate throughout the entire land area of the world, dominating the less successful and sometimes driving them to extinction. When Pangea began to break up, each separate land mass held species that had evolved on Pangea but now began to evolve in isolation, eventually creating new classes of life forms distinct from those on the other land mass.
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What was the name of the one single continent?
Pangaea "Pan"means 'entire' and "Gaea" mean 'Earth' in Ancient Greek.
What regions do a tornadoes affect?
every region except the continent Antarctica
How does geomorphology affect people?
Geomorphology is a science (the study of the evolution and configuration of landforms) and as such it does not affect people in general, only those who study it.
What is the name of earths single continent before it spit up into the continents as they are today?
EURASIA
How does a continent affect surface current?
the currents deflect, or change direction Please Thank the geinus Team
What is the continent were evolution began?
Africa
What affect tectonics have on evolution of new species?
what affect tectonics have on evolution of new spiecies
What is affect evolution?
The term coevolution (affect) is used to describe cases where two (or more) species reciprocally affect each other's evolution. So for example, an evolutionary change in the morphology of a plant, might affect the morphology of an herbivore that eats the plant, which in turn might affect the evolution of the plant, which might affect the evolution of the herbivore and so on.
Do names affect Pokemon evolution?
No
How does speciation process affect evolution?
Speciation adds to biodiversity. Hence it affect the evolution of best suited forms to come up.
What makes Australia a continent country?
Australia is a continent country because the entire continent is occupied by a single country, Australia. No other continent on earth is occupied by a single nation as Australia is.
Why elephants do not live in south ameican jungle?
Because the american continent split from the super-continent Pangaea before the evolution of the elephants.
Which era did the continents merge into a single continent?
Pangea (the single continent) was present in the late Paleozoic Era and early Mesozoic Era.
Which continent has the fewest number of countries?
The continent of Australia has a single country - Australia.
What has the author Marilyn Bailey written?
Marilyn Bailey has written: 'Single-parent families' -- subject(s): Children of single parents, Family life, Juvenile literature, Single-parent families 'Evolution' -- subject(s): Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Juvenile literature
What factor has the most affect on prevailing winds as they blow across a continent?
mountains affect prevealing winds as they blow across a continent
The evolution of numerous species such as Darwin's finches from a single ancestor called?
The evolution of numerous species, such as Darwin's finches from a single ancestor is called adaptive radiation.
