The pre-Flood world resembled Pangaea

SATURDAY, AUGUST 01, 2020

by Timothy L. Clarey, Ph.D., and Davis J. Werner

Published in Journal of Creation 34 (2): 8-11, August 2020

Secular geologists have inferred several pre-Pangaea supercontinents, including Greater Gondwana or Pannotia (involving mostly the southern continents) and before that Rodinia. Greater Gondwana (Pannotia) is the so-called transitional continental configuration between Pangaea and Rodinia. Pangaea is claimed by secular scientists to have formed about 350 Ma years ago, Greater Gondwana about 500 Ma ago, and Rodinia about 900 Ma ago.

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