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Geologists found fossils of similar marsupials from the same time period across South America, Africa, Antarctica, India and Australia. What theory is supported by this discovery?(1 point)
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The processes happening today are the same processes that have occurred in the past.
The processes happening today are the same processes that have occurred in the past.
Those continents were once a part of one supercontinent.
Those continents were once a part of one supercontinent.
A vast land bridge once connected those continents.
A vast land bridge once connected those continents.
Early marsupials were strong swimmers.
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Those continents were once part of one supercontinent.
Explanation: Identical fossil species on widely separated continents is best explained by those landmasses being joined (Gondwana), allowing organisms to spread before the continents drifted apart.
Explanation: Identical fossil species on widely separated continents is best explained by those landmasses being joined (Gondwana), allowing organisms to spread before the continents drifted apart.
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