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Which scientist is credited for first proposing continental drift theory?
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Which scientist is credited for first proposing continental drift theory?

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Alfred Wegener noted that fossils from a particular type of reptile were found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Alfred Wegener

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The drifting of tectonic plates is an on-going process that has changed the configuration of the continents since their formation in Archean time. This hypothesis first proposed in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, a German Meteorologist, was not widely accepted until after 1960.

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