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How did Wegener explain why fossils of land animals were found on continents that are across oceans from one another?

Animals evolved separately on each continent.
Land bridges existed between the continents.
Animals swam across the ocean to new continents.
Continents were once one landmass and have drifted apart.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Continents were once one landmass and have drifted apart.

(Wegener proposed that similar fossils on different continents are explained by a past supercontinent, Pangaea, that later broke apart.)