... were found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. This information made him think. Wegener then decided to look for more cases of similar organisms separated by great oceans. This theory stated that all of the continents came from one super continent, also known as Pangea, which spread apart gradually moving into their current positions on Earth. The evidence for this theory includes fossils of the same type oceans apart, similarities between climatic patterns, similarities between coastlines, as well as similarities in rock types and age between two continents separated by ocean, and also, it seemed that the continents all fit together like a jig-saw puzzle, each piece fitting into the bigger picture. Wegener wrote a book "The Origin of Continents and Oceans" explaining to the rest of Germany about his theory. Due to World War I, it was limited to only Germany's publications. Even then, his ideas were not accepted ...

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