Question
Scientists have found fossils of the same species of lizard in the same rock layers on the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa. How would supporters of the plate tectonic theory explain this discovery?
The fact that the lizards lived in both places at the same time is just coincidence.
The organisms swam across the ocean from one continent to the other.
The organisms were once different, but they evolved into the same species.
The two continents were once connected.
The fact that the lizards lived in both places at the same time is just coincidence.
The organisms swam across the ocean from one continent to the other.
The organisms were once different, but they evolved into the same species.
The two continents were once connected.
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GPT 3.5
The two continents were once connected. This supports the theory of plate tectonics, which suggests that the Earth's continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea and have since moved apart due to the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates. The fossils of the same species of lizard found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean provide evidence of this continental drift.