Despite scientific evidence, Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was unaccepted because:
A) he could not provide a plausible mechanism by which continents could move.
B) of the religious dogma of society at that time.
C) American scientists preferred to develop their own hypothesis.
D) he was a meteorologist, not a geologist.
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