[HN Gopher] Gondwanaland: The search for a land before (human) time
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       Gondwanaland: The search for a land before (human) time
        
       Author : bryanrasmussen
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2024-12-26 17:39 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | pjbk wrote:
       | https://archive.is/ewwb1
        
       | profsummergig wrote:
       | I find geology's power fascinating.
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       | A person was once able to surmise from geological features that
       | India was once part of Africa.
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       | (He was resoundingly mocked of course.)
        
         | pfdietz wrote:
         | Also, from the distribution of lemurs. Before plate tectonics
         | this lead to the idea of the sunken continent of Lemuria, which
         | has since migrated into weird science fantasy stories.
        
       | buildsjets wrote:
       | Polygondwanaland. It's full of dinosaurs.
        
         | LambdaComplex wrote:
         | And there's men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders.
        
       | Vox_Leone wrote:
       | The Global North, and South, which includes developing nations
       | primarily in Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia and
       | Oceania.
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       | What's mildly interesting is that this division mirrors, in a
       | surprising way, the ancient separation of Gondwana and Laurasia.
       | The countries of the Global North largely reside in regions that
       | were once part of Laurasia, while much of the Global South
       | [including India] resides in areas that were part of Gondwana.
        
         | ImPostingOnHN wrote:
         | Wouldn't it make sense for areas which were once geographically
         | proximate to each other (Gondwana areas / Laurasia areas) to
         | continue being geographically proximate to each other (continue
         | being [?] north of equator / south of equator)?
        
           | Vox_Leone wrote:
           | I was talking about India's case, which is quite peculiar.
        
       | goatlover wrote:
       | Makes one wonder how human history would have played out on a
       | different geography from the past. Say we evolved on a super
       | continent with no oceans in between, just one big one around the
       | connected landmass.
        
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