Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was unanimously accepted by the international scientific community when he proposed it.

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While Wegener proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1912, it was not unanimously accepted by the international scientific community. In fact, for decades afterwards, many scientists were skeptical of the idea and it wasn't until the 1950s and 1960s when new evidence emerged in the fields of plate tectonics and paleomagnetism that the theory gained widespread acceptance.

Wegener's Continental Drift Hypothesis Was Unanimously Accepted by the International