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1)Even before the proposal of continental drift, paleontologists recognized that

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Question

1)Even before the proposal of continental drift, paleontologists recognized that some sort of land connection was needed to account for the identical fossil organisms found on multiple continents. Select the correct hypothesis or hypotheses these paleontologists developed.

e)A transoceanic land bridge

a)Sea level falling b) Floating debris used as rafts and sea level rising c)Island stepping stones, transoceanic land bridge, and floating debris used for rafts d)A chain of island stepping stones

e)A transoceanic land bridge

Explanation / Answer

The hypotheses were also occured before continental drift theory for fossil correlation those were d) Achain of island stepping stones,b) Floating debris used as rafts and sea level rising, e) A transoceanic land bridge