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_______ was the first person to propose the idea of moving continents as a scientific hypothesis.

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Alfred Wegener was the first person to propose the idea of moving continents as a scientific hypothesis.
Alfred Wegener

Alfred Wegener was the first person to propose the idea of moving continents as a scientific hypothesis. It was during 1912 of January 6 that he suggested to the German Geological Society of such educated guess. In which, Alfred Wegener believed that the earth’s now divided and dispersed continents were once a single supercontinent namely, the “Pangea” as he labelled it. Even though Wegener’s concept was more built and autonomous, he also strengthened his theory by gathering numerous number of authors with the same concept as he had.