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Alfred Wagner was the first to propose continental drift but Harry Hess just proved him right 50 years later after Alfred frose to death in Antarctica.
Alfred Wagner find the sea were move 255 million years ago the earth continents were one and it was call pangea. as years pass the earth continents separate and thats why different fossil are found on different continents.
Alfred Wagner proved the theory of Continental drift because he found fossils of the same animals and plants on different continents. he also found the same rock patterns on different continents.also if you look at a map of the world then you can fit some the continents together like a jigsaw
Wagner has a theory on continental drift and the evidence that did not support it is where we see the continental drift in examining species of animal and human life drifting from continent to continent without the aid of mechanical devices or some form of trasportation except for by their own feet and them being the drifters of the continents.
that all the continents looked like they fit together."so that we were one a super continent "but no one believed him . he needed prof . Alfred Wagner had 3 profsthat their were two creatures one land creature and the other one a water creaturethat the rocks in ? and the rocks in ? had the same rocks?
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Alfred Wegener
Alfred Wegener used various tools such as maps, geological evidence, matching coastlines, and fossil records to support his theory of continental drift. He also examined similarities in rock formations and fossils on different continents to bolster his argument that they were once connected.
1. Continents fit like puzzles 2. Fossil evidence 3. Past climate changes
he told them they drifted apart because they were together
He looked up on his Pangaea map, and figured out about the continental drift at the part of Africa, Antarctica, and Europe.
There is no evidence to support that theory.
Alfred Wagner was the first to propose continental drift but Harry Hess just proved him right 50 years later after Alfred frose to death in Antarctica.
Alfred Wagner find the sea were move 255 million years ago the earth continents were one and it was call pangea. as years pass the earth continents separate and thats why different fossil are found on different continents.
Did you mean Plate Tectonics Theory? - Plate Tectonics Theory is the combination of Continental Drift and Ocean/Sea Floor Spreading. BTW. The scientist who started it is Howard Baker continued by Alfred Wegener.
Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift at the beginning of the 20th century. His idea was that the Earth's continents were once joined together, but gradually moved apart over millions of years. The idea was rejected at first as he was a Meteorologist and not regarded as a proper scientist.
Alfred Wagner is the scientist who discovered how the rock on the mountain moves.