Scientists have found fossils of plants and wildlife in Antarctica. Wait... Antarctica? The coldest most barren continent where human civilization cannot live for long because of intense cold and very little sunlight? How could there be plantlife there? It's nothing but snow and glaciers. Well, before the seven continents were formed, the land masses that we call continents where all one. Scientists call this Pangea. Pangaea was back millions of years ago, (I cannot say how many exact), and was when, (as I said numerous times), the seven continents where just all one big land mass. So, what does this have to do with Antarctica having fossils of ferns and trees and plants and weeds? Well, Pangaea is the answer to that question. 

     When Pangaea was still formed, it was neither closer or farther to the north and south poles. So, when your not near any of the, how is the land? You can probably expect that it was pretty hot. The land mass, Pangaea, was near the Equator. This gave it lots of heat. So, where does Antarctica have to do with this? Well, in Pangaea, Antarctica was grassy and plan



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