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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gondwanaland |
 | | The idea of Gondwanaland languished for many years, except among scientists in countries of the Southern Hemisphere, until the 1960s, when evidence of sea-floor spreading from the loci of oceanic ridges proved that the ocean basins are not permanent global features and vindicated Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift. |
 | | Although the term Gondwanaland does not appear in the modern literature with great frequency, the concept of continental drift and former continental connections is widely accepted. |
 | | One of the compelling symbols of the south is Gondwanaland, the hypothetical supercontinent of the Southern Hemisphere that included Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and South America. |
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