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Contraction of the Earth caused folded mountains to form.
Contraction of the Earth caused folded mountains to form.
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.
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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Alfred Wegener cited the following piece of evidence to support his hypothesis of continental drift:
The continents fit together like a puzzle.
He argued that the shapes of the continents, particularly the eastern coast of South America and the western coast of Africa, suggested that they were once joined together in a supercontinent. Other supporting evidence included similar rock formations and fossils found on different continents, but the puzzle piece analogy was one of his main arguments.
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