Answer: fossil evidence
Continental drift is the hypothesis that the Earth’s continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other thus appearing to have “drifted” across the ocean bed. The speculation that continents might have ‘drifted’ was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596. The concept was independently and more fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 but his hypothesis was rejected by …
Mesosaurus was significant in providing evidence for the theory of continental drift because its remains were found in southern Africa Whitehill Formation and eastern South America (Melo Formation Uruguay and Irati Formation Brazil) two widely separated regions.
Ice Age: Continental Drift is a 2012 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox.It is the sequel to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and the fourth film in the Ice Age series. The film was directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier from a screenplay by Michael Berg and Jason Fuchs. In the film’s ensemble voice cast Ray …
Apparent polar wander paths provided the first clear geophysical evidence for continental drift while marine magnetic anomalies did the same for seafloor spreading. Paleomagnetic data continues to extend the history of plate tectonics back in time as it can be used to constrain the ancient position and movement of continents and continental fragments ( terranes ).
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