Because scientists back then didn't want to believe that the earths plates could move or did move, especially on their own.
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I think that continetal drift replaced his theory
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The continental drift theory was replaced by the theory of plate tectonics.
Henry Hess
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There was no visual proof
In the mid 20th century
I think that continetal drift replaced his theory
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German scientist Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) first proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912, but it was not widely accepted until the 1950s.
The Continental Drift theory is a theory because there is no evidence to support it. Alfred Wegener developed the Continental Drift theory in the 1800's.
No, not until later was this theory proven and supplemented by the theory of plate tectonics.
The continental drift theory was replaced by the theory of plate tectonics.
Before the theory of Continental Drift was widely accepted, scientists believed in the concept of stationary continents. They thought that the continents were fixed in place and did not move over time. This idea was known as the theory of continental permanence.
the Continental Drift Theory is the slow movement of the Earths continents. A.K.A the continents drift
Many geologists and scientists at the time made fun of Alfred Wegener's Drift Theory, dismissing it as implausible and unscientific. Wegener's theory of continental drift proposed that the continents were once connected and drifted apart over time, which was not widely accepted until much later when the theory of plate tectonics was formulated.