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What did Alexander von Humboldt propose about the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean?
They were once joined
They were sinking
They were expanding
They were uninhabitable
Answer
Humboldt was one of the first people to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined, particularly South America and Africa. This idea is now a widely accepted part of Theory of plate tectonics.
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