Continental drift evidence: 4 proofs Wegener was right
Matching coastlines, identical fossils and rocks plus seafloor spreading prove continents move centimeters ежегодно.
Coastlines, fossils and rocks match across oceans
In 1912 Alfred Wegener noticed South America and Africa fit like パズル pieces, with matching coastlines spanning thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean today.
Identical freshwater reptile Mesosaurus appears only in Brazil and South Africa, while land reptile Cynognathus occurs in South America, Africa and Antarctica, impossible without joined continents.
Seafloor spreading and GPS proved drift
In the 1960s sonar mapped the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where new crust forms and magnetic stripes mirror symmetrically, proving oceans widen about 2 to 5 centimeters ежегодно.
Modern satellite measurements track North America moving 2.5 centimeters ежегодно away from Europe, while India still pushes into Asia, building the Himalayas higher each single year.
- Pangaea existed 335 to 175 million years ago
- Wegener proposed drift in 1912
- Mesosaurus lived 295 million years ago
- Atlantic widens 2 to 5 cm ежегодно
- GPS confirms continents move every day