Early in the 20th century, Alfred Wegener, a German scientist, reintroduced
the idea of moving continents, adding such evidence as the underwater shapes
of the continents, the similarity of life forms and land forms in corresponding
parts of Africa and South America, and the increasing separation of Greenland
and Europe. Still, very few contemporary scientists adopted his theory.
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