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Wegener and Continental Drift
Abraham Ortelius, a Flemish cartographer, noticed that the coastlines of the continents fit together; he suggested that they were once connected. -
Wegener and Continental Drift
Nicolas Steno published De Solido Intra Solidum Naturaliter Contento Dissertationis Prodromus to discuss how solids, such as fossils or minerals, could be found within other solids (rocks). -
Wegener and Continental Drift
The German meteorologist Alfred Wegener suggested that the continents were once joined together.
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Wegener and Continental Drift
The Swedish botanist Eric Hultén used plant evidence to support the theory of Beringia, a land bridge connecting present day Alaska to Russia. This theory was commonly used to argue the continental drift theory. -
Wegener and Continental Drift
Harry Hess developed the idea of seafloor spreading, which eventually lead to the modern plate tectonic theory, supporting the continental drift theory.