South Africa's current climate is too warm for glaciers. According to the theory of continental drift, which statement best explains why evidence of glaciers appeared in South Africa millions of years ago?

Continental drift explains that continents move over geologic time. South Africa was once located closer to the South Pole, where a colder climate could support glaciers, and later drifted to its current warmer location. This makes “South Africa was closer to the poles and has drifted to its current location” the best explanation; the glaciers themselves did not move southward to Antarctica.

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