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Similar fossils have been found at the bottom of the ocean and on land.
Similar fossils have been found at the bottom of the ocean and on land.
Contraction of the Earth caused folded mountains to form.
Contraction of the Earth caused folded mountains to form.
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
New oceanic crust formed between the northern and southern continents, pushing them apart.
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The piece of evidence that Alfred Wegener cited to support his hypothesis of continental drift is:
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
Wegener proposed that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea and have since drifted apart. This idea was illustrated by how the coastlines of continents, such as South America and Africa, seem to fit together.
