supercontinent

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Recent Examples of supercontinent This ancient connection is one of many biological clues supporting the former geographic links within the Gondwana supercontinent, which began breaking apart into today’s continents around 180 million years ago. Scott Travers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 The discovery was a significant piece of the puzzle in understanding how early snakes lived and evolved, suggesting that snakes originated in Gondwana, a supercontinent that once included South America, Africa and India. Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Researchers have now unearthed an explanation for these formations—and the story starts with the break-up of an ancient supercontinent. Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024 At the time of the Permian extinction, Earth was dominated by a supercontinent, Pangaea, which ran from pole to pole, leaving Tethys and Panthalassa to encircle much of the planet. Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for supercontinent 

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