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What are the evidences of Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift?

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Edges of South America and Africa fit together like pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle.
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Fossil samples of identical species.
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Gold deposits in Africa and South America.
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African migrants in South America.
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The correct option is C Gold deposits in Africa and South America.
With the below pieces of evidence, Wegener put together his theory:
  • The edges of the Western coast of Africa, and the Eastern coast of South America, fit together like pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle.
  • There were rock samples similar in age, as well as fossil samples of identical species found in both these continents.
  • There were rich deposits of gold found in Ghana in Africa, but the sources of these deposits were nowhere to be found closeby. But, the gold bearing veins were found a long way away in Brazil.

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