Who was the first person to suggest that all of the continents had originally been joined together as the supercontinent Pangaea?
A)Snider-Pelligrini, in 1858
B)Frank Taylor, in 1910
C)Alfred Wegener, in 1912
D)Alexander du Toit, in 1937
E)Harry Hess, in 1962

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Alfred Wegener was the first person to propose the theory of continental drift and the existence of the supercontinent Pangaea in 1912. Snider-Pelligrini may have mentioned the idea in passing, but did not develop it into a theory. Frank Taylor did not propose the idea of Pangaea, but instead suggested that the continents had been connected by land bridges. Alexander du Toit built upon Wegener's theory in 1937, and Harry Hess proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in 1962, which supported the concept of continental drift.

Who Was the First Person to Suggest That All of the Continents