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What if Pangea still existed

In our geography class, we were taught that the world's tectonic plates are continuously moving slowly,

and that the continents were once a single continent. Over 300 million years ago, all the Earth's
continents were connected. I have been wondering what it would be like if there was only one super

continent on Earth like there was before.

If Pangea existed today, you could drive from Ulaanbaatar to Chicago, since they'd both be part of the

same land mass. Evolution is a cause-and-effect process affected by the environment and geography.
The simplest change in climate can affect evolution so if Pangea never broke a part there would be no

humans, but it would be boring without us so let's assume we survived.

Although this might sound like fun, a lot of countries would have new neighbors. Places like the United

States which used to have oceans on both sides of the country, would now have Africa on its east coast.

Unlike today, where most land is in the Northern Hemisphere, most land on Pangea was south of the
Equator. India and Australia would be further south, connected to Antarctica. These countries that used

to have hot climates would now be cold, covered with snow and ice.

Rain which comes from the ocean wouldn't be able to travel far enough inland, leaving parts of Pangea

uninhabitable by humans and other species, but there is no hundred percent accurate way to predict
how things would have been.

Source: https://www.livescience.com/38218-facts-about-pangaea.html