How did Wegener explain why fossils of land animals were found on continents that are across oceans from one another?

Wegener argued that the continents were once joined in a single landmass, which he called Pangaea, and later drifted apart. Land animals could have lived across the connected land before the continents separated, explaining why their fossils are found on continents now divided by oceans. The correct choice is “Continents were once one landmass and have drifted apart.”

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