South Africa's current climate is too warm for glaciers. According to the theory of continental drift, which statement best explains why evidence of glaciers appeared in South Africa millions of years ago? Earth was covered in glaciers millions of years ago. South Africa contained similar land features to Antarctica. South Africa was closer to the poles and has drifted to its current location. Glaciers moved southward over millions of years until they reached Antarctica.

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Alonso Castaneda

16 July, 10:44

South Africa's current climate is too warm for glaciers. According to the theory of continental drift, which statement best explains why evidence of glaciers appeared in South Africa millions of years ago? Earth was covered in glaciers millions of years ago. South Africa contained similar land features to Antarctica. South Africa was closer to the poles and has drifted to its current location. Glaciers moved southward over millions of years until they reached Antarctica.

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Carmelo Ray · Answer 1

Answer:The answer is; South Africa was closer to the poles and has drifted to its current location

Dawson Barr · Answer 2

The answer is; South Africa was closer to the poles and has drifted to its current location

The tectonic plate movement is powered by the convection currents of the mantle. The directions are as a result of the descending cooler upper mantle and, concomitantly, the ascending of the hooter lower mantle rocks. These currents drag the lithosphere above them through frictional drag. These currents have moved plates across latitudes and latitudes changing their time's zomes and also their climate over millions of years.