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Varvara68 [4.7K]
3 years ago
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The theory of a land bridge between South America and Africa as an explanation for similar fossils on the two continents is not

supported today because.... . a.) there are no remnants of the bridge in the Atlantic Ocean. . b.) the two continents’ current coastlines do not fit together. . c.) there are no continuous mountain belts between the two continents. . d.) the two continents have dissimilar wildlife and vegetation. .
Geography
1 answer:
andriy [413]3 years ago
3 0

The theory of a land bridge between South America and Africa as an explanation for similar fossils on the two continents is not supported today because there are no remnants of the bridge in the Atlantic Ocean.

 

<span>A </span>land bridge, in biogeography<span>, is an </span>isthmus<span> or wider land connection between otherwise separate areas, over which </span>animals<span> <span>and </span></span>plants<span> <span>are able to cross and </span></span>colonize<span> <span>new lands. A land bridge can be created by </span></span>marine regression<span>, in which </span>sea levels<span> <span>fall, exposing shallow, previously submerged sections of </span></span>continental shelf<span>; or when new land is created by </span>plate tectonics<span>; or occasionally when the sea floor rises due to </span>post-glacial rebound<span> <span>after an </span></span>ice age.

 

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