The movement of the tectonic plates is manifested on the surface by the movement of the continental land masses, seismic and volcanic activity. read more
It helps support plate tectonics, because organisms in a completely different climate would have died, but the ones that survive prove that natural selection takes place, and some organisms are better suited for others, and competitively exclude the ones that do not evolve. read more
Explore Evolution equates alleged controversy about evolution with controversies over plate tectonics, climate change, and string theory. This elevates social and political controversies to the same level as scientific controversy. read more
It should not be a surprise that East Africa was a hotbed of evolution, because over the last five million years everything about the landscape has changed. read more
Once plate tectonics was proposed and accepted, and enough evidence for that theory supported it beyond a reasonable doubt, the fossil evidence made far better sense. The movement of continents has had a profound influence on how land animals evolved. read more