Even before the proposal of continental drift, paleontologists recognized that some sort of land connection was needed to account for the identical fossil organisms found on multiple continents. Select the correct hypothesis or hypotheses these paleontologists developed.

A) Sea level falling

B) A chain of island stepping stones

C) Floating debris used as rafts and sea level rising

D) A transoceanic land bridge

E) Island stepping stones, transoceanic land bridge, and floating debris used for rafts

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Melissa Yoder

2 August, 10:41

Even before the proposal of continental drift, paleontologists recognized that some sort of land connection was needed to account for the identical fossil organisms found on multiple continents. Select the correct hypothesis or hypotheses these paleontologists developed.

A) Sea level falling

B) A chain of island stepping stones

C) Floating debris used as rafts and sea level rising

D) A transoceanic land bridge

E) Island stepping stones, transoceanic land bridge, and floating debris used for rafts

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Kate Wiley · Answer 1

E) Island stepping stones, transoceanic land bridge, and floating debris used for rafts

Explanation:

It has been found that before the theory of the continental drift the paleontologists recognized the land connect of the various continents of the world that was formed by the multiple fossil and the formed by the transoceanic bridges such as the Bering land bridge, found along the coasts of the Russia and the Alaska and may have been joined by the floating debris that may have been used as raft.