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Continents move
(A revolutionary explanation, called continental drift, was proposed by Alfred
Wegener)
The only explanation was that the land bridge that could have connected these
continents completely disappeared later on.
Plate Tectonic Theory which proposes that the lithosphere consist of seven large
and numerous smaller segments called plates. The driving force for plate
movement is the convection flow in which warm buoyant rocks rise and cooler
materials sink.