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Evidence for the theory of continental drift was first proposed in 1912 by what german scientist?

Evidence for the theory of continental drift was first proposed in 1912 by what german scientist?
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Evidence for the theory of continental drift was first proposed in 1912 by what german scientist?

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Wegener was the first to use the phrase "continental drift" (1912, 1915) (in German "die Verschiebung der Kontinente" – translated into English in 1922) and formally publish the hypothesis that the continents had somehow "drifted" apart.....
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