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    Continental drift theory proposes that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea before drifting apart to their current locations over a long period of time. Alfred Wegener first proposed this theory in 1912, citing matching fossil and rock formations between continents as evidence, though his explanation for the cause of drift was incorrect. The theory was not widely accepted until the 1950s when the concepts of seafloor spreading and plate tectonics were developed.

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    Continental drift theory proposes that the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea before drifting apart to their current locations over a long period of time. Alfred Wegener first proposed this theory in 1912, citing matching fossil and rock formations between continents as evidence, though his explanation for the cause of drift was incorrect. The theory was not widely accepted until the 1950s when the concepts of seafloor spreading and plate tectonics were developed.

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    CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY

    The continental drift theory is the theory that once all the continents were
    joined in a super-continent, which scientists call Pangaea. Over a vast period of
    time, the continents drifted apart to their current locations.
    Alfred Wegener first supported continental drift. Wegener’s explanation of
    continental drift in 1912 was that drifting occurred because of the earth’s
    rotation. This explanation and his theory were not widely accepted. Prior to
    Wegener, however, many had noted that the shapes of the continents seem to
    fit together, suggesting some schism in the past.

    EVIDENCE FOR CONTINENTAL DRIFT


    A map of the continents inspired Wegener's quest to explain Earth's geologic
    history. Trained as a meteorologist, he was intrigued by the interlocking fit of
    Africa's and South America's shorelines. Wegener then assembled an
    impressive amount of evidence to show that Earth's continents were once
    connected in a single supercontinent.
    Wegener knew that fossil plants and animals such as mesosaurs, a freshwater
    reptile found only South America and Africa during the Permian period, could
    be found on many continents. He also matched up rocks on either side of the
    Atlantic Ocean like puzzle pieces. For example, the Appalachian Mountains
    (United States) and Caledonian Mountains (Scotland) fit together, as do the
    Karroo strata in South Africa and Santa Catarina rocks in Brazil.
    In fact, plates moving together created the highest mountains in the world, the
    Himalayans, and the mountains are still growing due to the plates pushing
    together, even now, , according to National Geographic.

    LOCATION OF PHILIPPINES
    Philippines is near the trenches so it could have not existed in the time of
    Pangaea. Maybe it is produced out of tectonic activities.
    Probably, the Philippines at the time of Pangaea has not been identified and do
    not exist yet because there is only one continent ever recognized and
    Philippines is now part of the Southeast Asian countries - one of the identified
    continents among the detached pieces from Pangaea.

    HOW THE ISLAND OF PHILIPPINES EMERGED?


    Millions of years ago, the world was only made up of one super continent called
    Pangaea. Because of continental drift and active plate tectonic. Pangaea
    separated to the modern-day 7 continents.
    The first Philippine island showed up about 60 million years ago. It is the island
    of Mindoro and Palawan which is very near the island of present-day Taiwan.
    Due to geological and plate tectonic evolution, primarily due to the Pacific plate
    and Australian plate moving inward to the Asian plate; the island of Luzon and
    Mindanao started to show up. It was only about 30 million years ago when the
    Indian plate has started to collide with the Asian plate, then, created a tear to
    which the now West Philippine Sea developed and pushing the solitary Mindoro
    and Palawan Island closer to the newly developed Luzon and Mindanao islands.
    The Pacific, Australian and Indian plate continued to push inward to Asia thus
    creating 7, 107 islands of the now, Philippines.

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