How Do We Know Pangea Existed?

Pangea was a supercontinent millions of years ago? But how can we be sure? How do we know that it even existed in the first place?

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Under The Gun - Doug Maxwell, Jimmy Fontanez

[michaelsmith]

I like how you got strait to the point.

[ImpulseFNM]

This was actually very well edited and great information, Well Done!

[DiMaioresMusic]

I love this persons way of explain, right to the point . Gave a lesson of a class room time in 3 mins and did not miss ! 🔥

[paleo]

Truth passes through three stages:
1. It is ridiculed
2. It is violently opposed
3. It is accepted as self evidence
I love the saying: we must think globally and act locally.

[johnleeyearsago]

If you’re not here for school your smart 👁👄👁✨

[LisaBowers]

Sadly, people tend to mock or ridicule others who have radically new ideas. Wegener's theory was *correct* and yet his colleagues in the geological community ostracized him for it. Excellent video! 🙌🏼

[smithsinvancouver]

Good stiff again mr cog. I love your subjects. You must be constantly thinking up subjects. Let’s all give mr cognito a “ hip hip hooray “

[madwhitehare]

The Flood smacked it apart. That’s why there’s similar species on different shores.
Obvious.

[DC-wgzy]

Tectonic plates and underground Mountain ranges tell you that the continents didn't just break off but the power of water infiltrated, eroded land and separated the continents instead. Just take for example both sides of a river, if pushed together it would look like a perfect fit but we know that the land around the river didn't just snap and separate, the infiltration of water is what caused the separation and shape of the land around the river

[bookmaster]

This..is such a good video mate!!😍thank you

[RealLifeWrld]

Great Video!! Now, I finally know how we know that Pangaea actually existed.

[alexdrenth]

It must have been like piecing together a puzzle

[hitkid]

It may be plausible two or more continents were combined, but all at once seems doubtful. I think it would be quite a stretch for that to ever happen.

Or maybe it is inevitable, and this has happened many times in the past.

[tnine]

Does anyone find it strange that all the continents fit together as a complete sphere, albeit on a smaller Earth? What are the chances of that happening, I wonder? Consider: it could be that the Earth was once a lump of molten rock drifting through the coldness of space. That it cooled and formed a crust over its entire surface (Pangaea) trapping the heat inside. The heat tried to escape and did so in the form of molten rock breaking out through weak points in the crust (fault lines) and forcing the crust (the higher ground) apart. This process continued and the Earth grew as the molten rock continued to push the original land apart, forming the continents we see today. And the process still continues. Roberto Mantovani’s theory is supported by the age of rock samples across the ocean beds and matching rock samples found on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. 
With respect to Alfred Wegener’s theory, I have yet to hear any explanation as to how a large blob of land (Pangaea) first appeared upon the surface of the Earth. Instead, I am told to accept that it was just there. Is that supposed to be a scientific explanation?

[AnjumulHaque]

This is one of the biggest discoveries because before that the theory was that there land bridges connected all the continents which might have been true but even prior to that continental shifts happened and thats the way to explain Antarctica being home to penguins and having land mass, why there are volcanoes, mountains, Iceland and many countries have been formed due to tectonic plates shift.

[laythefoundation]

but like what if we moved the continents ourselves instead of waiting?

[davidcopson]

At least I was able to catch your drift.

[FurasCebulowy]

This is one of those random thoughts you get when you are bored.

[davidpar]

We don’t _de facto_ know, as none of us were there, but based on plate tectonics, we can draw a reasonable conclusion

[thomasmclean]

Pangaa translated to pangia. Good video. Love the magnetic field fact.