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The document discusses the history and evidence for plate tectonics. It explains that early geologists like Alfred Wegener proposed continental drift to explain how continents seem to fit together and share matching rock formations, fossils, and past climates. However, the idea was initially unpopular due to lack of explanation for what could move continents. The theory was revived in the 1940s-50s when studies of magnetic patterns in rocks supported that continents had moved over time. This led to the new
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- Flavyus06
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- EN