Episode 441
Alfred Wegner and Continental Drift
Learn how Alfred Wegner was right even though he was wrong
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
September 20, 202110m 55s
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Show Notes
In 1910, a German Earth scientist noticed something about the map of the world. South America seemed to fit into Africa. North America seemed to fit into northwest Africa and Europe.
He proposed that the continents may at one time have been joined and subsequently moved.
The scientific community laughed at him and rejected his idea.
Learn more about Alfred Wegener and the theory of Continental Drift, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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