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.

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Before the acceptance of continental drift, paleontologists proposed various hypotheses such as island stepping stones, transoceanic land bridges, and the use of floating debris as rafts to explain the distribution of identical fossil organisms across continents. These ideas were attempts to rationalize how species could have dispersed across vast oceans before the concept of continents moving closer together or apart (plate tectonics) was widely accepted.

Even Before the Proposal of Continental Drift, Paleontologists Recognized That