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The most obvious evidence is that South America "fits" into Africa; this had been noticed as far back as the 16th century. More scientific evidence is that there are common plants and fossils on South America and African coasts. Nowadays, GPS navigation is precise enough to actually measure the continents moving. Also whenever there are earthquakes the earth is moving its plates which is more proof

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