does anyone belive in the theory of Pangea?
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Probably most people believe in it, but it has its skeptics, too.  After all, just because the continents SEEM to fit together, that hardly means they DID.  Anyone who reads a murder mystery can tell you that appearance is not the same as reality.\n\nThere is fairly interesting animation done by Neal Adams, for example, demonstrating how a large mass of continents on one side of the planet would throw off the axial spin and redistribute the oceans until Pangea was swamped and a new island was formed on the other side of the planet (link 1).  Though I'm awfully skeptical of the remainder of Adams' ideas, his criticism of the existing model seems to be a valid one.\n\nAs for me, I'm keeping an open mind.  I haven't seen too many compelling reasons why there MUST have been a Pangea, nor having I seen too many why there could not possibly have been one.  I suppose we'll just have to see.
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There is no concrete evidence to prove or disaprove its existance. Plato in one of his discusions with Socrates mentions A City far more civilized than that of theirs . He thought it was located far to the west of africa wich would point its location close to South America. Through moder investigation some clame it did exist Close to what we know as The Bermuda Triangle.
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its not really a theory.  its more scientific fact.\n\ncollapse of the entire world economy is the theory part
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No. I find their "concrete entities such as man and society" to be perhaps less concrete than the speculations they mention. Though I am sure there is a little bit of empiricist in any rational person.
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Mandy and Benny both have valid points. It's because of plate tectonics, because of which continents moved. Pangea (single continent) that existed millions and millions of years ago...slowly started dispersing and if you see the movement of india subcontinent, it moved all the way from southern africa and joined asian continent. This must have created a pileup of land that benny is talking about.
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Yes It coud be true.\nI doesn't have an experience of that but I seen one programme on discovery channel regarding it and I truely believe it.
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outside of the "reptilian" notion his theories have merit, both logical and historical. for more fun theories check out the linx below:
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Thats the theory of lithospheric evolution that holds that the ocean floors are spreading outward from vast underwater ridges. \nFirst proposed in the early 1960s by the American geologist Harry H. Hess, its major tenets gave great support to the theory of continental drift and provided a conceptual base for the development of plate tectonics.\n\nBUT...\n\nAlfred Wegner came up with continental drift! \n\nA geological theory that the relative positions of the continents on the earth's surface have changed considerably through geologic time. Though first proposed by American geologist Frank Bursley Taylor in a lecture in 1908, the first DETAILED theory of continental drift was put forth by German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener in 1912.
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LOL. Doubtful.  Theories around some 'Grand World Government' which has been manipulating world events for eons are plentiful, but just don't make very much sense. If there was an organization powerful enough to use the world's nations as mere chess pieces, why not just flip the board?
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Can you justify the logic of establishing a country based on the Bible?\n This smells like homework.
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A. True.\nThe concept of continental drift was first proposed by Alfred Wegener. In 1912 he noticed that the shapes of continents on either side of the Atlantic Ocean seem to fit together (for example, Africa and South America). Francis Bacon, Antonio Snider-Pellegrini, Benjamin Franklin, and others had noted much the same thing earlier. The similarity of southern continent fossil faunae and some geological formations had led a relatively small number of Southern hemisphere geologists to conjecture as early as 1900 that all the continents had once been joined into a supercontinent known as Pangaea. The concept was initially ridiculed by most geologists, who felt that an explanation of how a continent drifted was a prerequisite and that the lack of one made the idea of drifting continents wholly unreasonable. The theory received support through the controversial years from South African geologist Alexander Du Toit as well as from Arthur Holmes. The idea of continental drift did not become widely accepted as theory until the 1950s in Europe. By the 1960s, geological research conducted by Robert S. Dietz, Bruce Heezen, and Harry Hess along with a rekindling of the theory including a mechanism by J. Tuzo Wilson led to acceptance among North American geologists.\n\nThe hypothesis of continental drift became part of the larger theory of plate tectonics. This article deals mainly with the historical development of the continental drift hypothesis before 1950. See: plate tectonics for information on current ideas underlying concepts of continental drift.
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No, I think it's relatively easy to believe.  As a sentient species our past has been riddled with assumptions of the cosmos.  In reality, what we usually find is that the nature of the cosmos is far from what we assume and often counter intuitive.  Take the world is flat perception:  from the ground looking out into the ocean, it would be easy to assume that the Earth was flat, as the horizon looks like it ends and you would fall off the planet.  Also looking at how the sun is at different points in the sky during the day, it would also be easy to assume that the sun orbits the Earth.  Grand assumptions on behalf of humanity are not new.  If the Universe continues to expand, it could just be the limited intelligence of our species which fails to comprehend that our Universe can expand as far as we are concerned, there is literally nothing beyond the edge.
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yeah, there is that theory and there is extensive research by Kinsey, by Hartman and Fithian, and by Masters and Johnson, all which strongly support that theory.  it's not quite as simple as how you stated it, but that's the basic crux.
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*lol* no!!!\nso here goes:\nIn the beginning there was darkness everywhere, and Chaos ruled. Within the darkness there formed an egg, and inside the egg the giant Pangu came into being. For aeons, safely inside the egg, Pangu slept and grew. When he had grown to gigantic size he stretched his huge limbs and in so doing broke the egg. The lighter parts of the egg floated upwards to form the heavens and the denser parts sank downwards, to become the earth. And so was formed earth and sky, Yin and Yang.\nPangu saw what had happened and he was pleased. But he feared that heaven and earth might meld together again, so he placed himself between them, his head holding up the sky and his feet firmly upon the earth. Pangu continued to grow at a rate of ten feet a day for 18,000 years, so increasing the distance between heaven and earth, until they seemed fixed and secure, 30,000 miles apart. Now exhausted, Pangu went back to sleep and never woke up.\nPangu died, and his body went to make the world and all its elements. The wind and clouds were formed from his breath, his voice was thunder and lightning, his eyes became the sun and moon, his arms and his legs became the four directions of the compass and his trunk became the mountains. His flesh turned into the soil and the trees that grow on it, his blood into the rivers that flow and his veins into paths men travel. His body hair became the grass and herbs, and his skin the same, while precious stones and minerals were formed from his bones and teeth. His sweat became the dew and the hair of his head became the stars that trail throughout heaven. As for the parasites on his body, these became the divers races of humankind.\nAlthough Pangu is dead, some say he is still responsible for the weather, which fluctuates according to his moods.
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There were many theories regarding relationships between Egypt and Mezoamerican cultures.  Yes, there are pyramids, but it only makes sense to worship the sun and what better way to worship than to build structures that point TOWARDS the sun?  \n\nBack in the 70s and 80s a man named Thor Heyerdal built boats out of papyrus and sailed them from Cairo to Yucatan.  He proved that they COULD have sailed to the Americas, but there never was any conclusive evidence of it.  By now, with genetic mapping, someone would have tried to link the Maya or Aztec markers to Pharaonic times.  I have not heard or seen anything to persuade me otherwise.  \n\nIt is much more likely that peoples from later than the Egyptians, with an empire based on sailing and trade, reached the Americas.  Those would be the Phoenicians.  With their origins in the far Eastern Mediterranean (present day Lebanon), a branch split off and founded the empire of Carthage in northern Africa.  They had a trading and sailing monopoly in the ancient world, and a large enough power base that the Greeks gave them a wide berth, and it wasn't until the Romans that they were subdued.  \n\nBut I digress.  Phoenician sailing vessels were rowing galleys with a large sail, similar to a Viking ship, but with several tiers of rowers.  Biremes (two rows) triremes (three tiers), all the way to quintiremes (five), were capable of carrying hundreds of troops.  They were technologically advanced enough that they could have reached the Americas.  Again, no proof.\n\nAs for Atlantis, who knows where Atlantis is.  Some say it was in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.  If that is the case, that was not very far from Egypt, or Northern Africa, but pretty durn far away from Mexico.\n\nSo to asnwer your question:  There is no conclusive evidence of any relationship between the Aztecs or Mayas and the Egyptians.  A pyramid is a fairly basic shape, pointing skyward at the "sun god".  Could simply be coincidence.
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No, I'm Not. but, here's an interesting theory as to their Guidance System to Find Earth; The Pyramids of the Eastern [Egypt] Hemisphere, and of the Western [Mexico , Central America] Hemisphere are Aligned in Such a Way, and Constructed of the Proper Materials that the Energy of the Earth's Magnetic Poles are Naturally Focused Upon the Pyramid Structures. The Claim is that the Earth Resonates at an Inaudible Frequency of 8 Hz. That, combined with the Polar Magnetic Energy Focused onto all of the Earth's Pyramids Generates a Beam of Energy which can be Detected Far Out into Space, well Beyond Our Solar System. NASA Supposedly has Proof of this from Voyager I and II , which are both beyond our Solar System. Supposedly there is also Proof that if the Pyramids had been only a Few Miles Apart from where they were Built, and not Made of the Same Materials of which they were Built, they would not be able to Emit an Energy Field that can be Detected, Perhaps Light Years beyond Earth! If that's all a Coincidence, along with the Prehistoric Drawings of Space Vehicles found on the Walls of Caves in France, then so be it. Also, Read the Bible, "Ezekiel saw the Wheel, way in the middle of the Air"
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Aha!\n\nPerhaps it would be best to clue you into a direct exploration currently in progress:\n\nIn short, this is directly copied from the BBC :)  The exploration continues, and more evidance is being found, so good reading:\n\nAmerican researchers claim to have found convincing evidence that locates the site of the lost kingdom of Atlantis off the coast of Cyprus. \nThe team spent six days scanning the Mediterranean sea bed between Cyprus and Syria using sonar technology. \n\nThey believe they found evidence of massive, manmade structures beneath the ocean floor, including two straight, 2-km (1.25 mile) long walls on a hill. \n\nThey say their discoveries match accounts of the city written by Plato. \n\n\n'Greatest coincidence' \n\nTeam leader Robert Sarmast said the walls appear to be sited on a flat-topped hill where the temples of Atlantis once stood. \n\n \nMyth or reality? It is said to be a place of beauty and wealth \nHe intends to use the sonar data to make a three-dimensional computer image of the site, 1.5km below sea level, before returning for further research. \n\n\n"The hill, as a whole, basically looks like a walled, hillside territory and this hillside territory matches Plato's description of the Acropolis hill with perfect precision," he said. \n\n"Even the dimensions are exactly perfect, so if all these things are coincidental, I mean, we have the world's greatest coincidence going on." \n\nHowever, Mr Sarmast and his team are not alone in believing they have found the lost city of Atlantis. \n\n \nSonar technology was used to survey the sea bed off Cyprus \nOther researchers have placed it off the coast of Spain, Cuba and the south west of England, as well as under the South China Sea. \n\nThe story of Atlantis, a fabled utopia destroyed in ancient times, has captured the imagination of scholars ever since it was first described by the philosopher Plato. \n\nWriting more than 2,000 years ago, he depicted a land of fabulous wealth, advanced civilisation and natural beauty.