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809779 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Early in the twentieth century, what was the prevailing view of how land animals migrated across vast expanses of open ocean?

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Question 2

Explain why the discovery of the fossil remains of Mesosaurus in both South America and Africa, but nowhere else, supports the continental drift hypothesis.

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rekilledagain · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Early views were far-fetched ideas about rafting, land bridges, and island stepping-stones to get from one continent, across an ocean, and onto another continent.

Answer to Question 2

Mesosaurus was a freshwater reptile, and migration between the continents as they are now would have been impossible; however, if they were connected (as in Pangea), then this animal could have easily moved between the two by freshwater river systems.

809779 · **Reply #2 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Thank you

rekilledagain · **Reply #3 on:** Jul 14, 2018

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