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The Gaian Theory
Title: The Gaian Theory
Category: Science & Technology
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The Gaian Theory
Introduction
Continental drift is the theory that the positions of the earth's continents have moved considerable distances throughout geologic time. A German meteorologist, by the name of Alfred Wegener, proposed the first comprehensive theory of continental drift in 1912. He based it on the way the continents fit together on the opposing Atlantic coasts as well as the paleontology correlation on both sides of the Atlantic. The theory he proposed, stated that, 200 million years ago there …showed first 75 words of 1562 total…
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