tally. Hence, the two scientists believed that the continents migrate around the planet. Sometimes the masses collide; whereas, at other times, they drift apart. What exactly inspired these ideas remains unknown. However, the two scientists' conclusions were arrived at independently. Taylor's arguments focused on mountain building; he emphasized the need for drift in order to compress the Alpine and Himalayan chains. In contrast, Wegener was influenced by similarities between the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Although Taylor published his theories first, he did not actively pursue the subject. Therefore, it was Wegener who eventually became the chief proponent of continental drift.
Alfred Wegener first presented his continental drift hypothesis publicly in January of 1912 at a lecture before the German Geological Association. Describing how all the world's land area was originally united into a single primordial supercontinent, he essentially reconstructed the Earth's history. In addition, between 1915 and 1928, the scientist published fo
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