If it's not then why there were rhinos,antelopes,lions and leopards in India similar to Africa?As far as i know both places were separated by the dry land of the Middle East.There's no way for these animals to survive in hot,dry land without hardly any food or water so is there any hard evidence supporting this theory?
2006-10-06 22:06:58 · 5 answers · asked by georgiasnakemaroon 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Yes , and millions of years before then, something even more remarkable occurred. The theory of continental drift led to one of the most remarkable discoveries in ice age studies. During the 1960s, scientists analysed the magnetic orientation of rocks from many parts of the world and concluded that North Africa had been located over the South Pole during the Ordovician period, about 450 million years ago. If they were correct, there should be traces of ancient glaciation in the Sahara. At about the same time, French petroleum geologists working in southern Algeria stumbled on a series of giant grooves that appeared to have been cut into the underlying sandstone by glaciers. The geologists alerted the scientific world and assembled an international team to examine the evidence. The team saw unmistakable signs of an ice age: scars created by the friction of pebbles incorporated into the base of glaciers; erratic rocks that had been transported from sources hundreds of miles distant; and formations of sand typical of glacial out-wash streams.In some places in the Sahara the grooves made by glaciers can be traced for hundreds of miles
2006-10-06 23:24:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deep soil radar shows an entirely different watershed for Saudi Arabia than that which exists today. The Great Rift in western Africa actually extends up through the Jordan River valley.Continental drift theory suggests that Africa and India once touched.
2006-10-07 05:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The evidence is as hard as the book known as the Bible. Ever heard of Paradise? The existence of great oil reserves in those parts suggest a thick biosphere in the area in its long, ancient history. Your theory is nice.
2006-10-07 05:14:09 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once the deserts were fertile with rain forests and grasslands.
2006-10-07 05:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by dot&carryone. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all deserts were not like this
cutting trees leads to desertification of land
2006-10-07 06:54:15 · answer #5 · answered by girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋