Continental Drift

The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together in a single landmass.

Alfred Wegener.

Fossils, landforms, and climate evidence.

The fit of the continents, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

Evidence of glaciers.

Scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents.

Fossils of the same species found on different continents indicate that those continents were once connected.

Climate evidence shows that continents have moved from different climatic zones over time.

They indicate that Africa was once in a much colder climate.

Plate tectonics explains the mechanisms behind the movement of continents.