News Headline

Plate tectonics may have driven the evolution of life on Earth

Source
The Conversation

Publication Date
2015-07-16

When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859, the world hadn’t even heard of plate tectonics. The notion that continents drifted on molten rock currents deep in the Earth’s mantle was unimaginable.

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http://theconversation.com/plate-tectonics-may-have-driven-the-evolution-of-life-on-earth-44571