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Continental Drift and the Dispersal and Evolution of Organisms

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Plate tectonics offers a framework in which aspects of the evolution and dispersal of organisms can be understood.

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JARDINE, N., McKENZIE, D. Continental Drift and the Dispersal and Evolution of Organisms. Nature 235, 20–24 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/235020a0

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