Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Chapter 39, Problem 12WIO
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“If the supercontinent Pangea would never break into smaller different land masses, than their biodiversity would be more, less or same amount of biodiversity as today”.
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During the continental drift, different land pieces or isolated continents moved relative to each other through slow drifting. When two different continents get detached from single land mass they show resemblances in species as the species present on these continents come in contact and compete for the
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