Wegener thought all the continents were once joined together in an "Urkontinent" before breaking up and drifting to their current positions. But geologists soundly ... Although Wegener's "continental drift" theory was discarded, it did introduce the idea of moving continents to geoscience. read more
Continental Drift was a revolutionary scientific theory developed in the years 1908-1912 by AlfredWegner (1880-1930), a German meteorologist, climatologist, and geophysicist, that put forth the hypothesis that the continents had all originally been a part of one enormous landmass or supercontinent about 240 million years ago before breaking apart and drifting to their current locations. read more
He thought that continents were an only piece of land but then they were separated. read more
Although Wegener's "continental drift" theory was discarded, it did introduce the idea of moving continents to geoscience. And decades later, scientists would confirm some of Wegener's ideas, such as the past existence of a supercontinent joining all the world's landmasses as one. read more