Why did Alfred Wegener use fossils to support his continental drift theory?(1 point) Responses Fossils were easy for him to find in the early 1900s. Fossils were easy for him to find in the early 1900s. Fossils proved that some species did not live where they do now. Fossils proved that some species did not live where they do now. Fossils were familiar to him in his work as a meteorologist. Fossils were familiar to him in his work as a meteorologist. Fossils were the only evidence available to Wegener.

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Alfred Wegener used fossils to support his continental drift theory because **fossils proved that some species did not live where they do now**. He found similar fossils of plants and animals on continents that are now widely separated by oceans, indicating that these continents were once connected.