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The world map as we know it may be about to change. A team of scientists has discovered a new continent hidden under the Pacific Ocean. In this video, we'll explore how they made this astonishing discovery and what it means for our understanding of the Earth's history and geology.
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17:51 Tip of a sunken continent found
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00:00Your geography teacher must have told you there are seven continents in the world.
00:05In 2017, scientists made an announcement that changed this universal truth, the discovery of Zealandia.
00:12They called for a change in world maps and provided us with some proof, of course.
00:18First off, let's take a look at the ocean floor near New Zealand.
00:21The continental shelves of this mysterious continent are chilling at a depth of around 3,280 feet below sea level.
00:30The nearby oceanic crust dives even deeper at 9,800 feet below that.
00:36All of that is giving us those continent vibes, with varying altitudes from deep below the ocean to the majestic
00:44Mount Cook, standing tall at 12,217 feet above sea level.
00:50Brave geologists have gone deep down to collect rocks from the ocean floor.
00:55They found that unlike the nearby oceanic crust, which is made up of fresh basaltic rocks, the crust around New
01:02Zealand is one impressive mix.
01:04We're talking granite, limestone, sandstone, and some ancient rock types that are incredibly ancient.
01:11All this screams continental crust.
01:16Finally, scientists have discovered a narrow strip of oceanic crust that separates Australia from the hidden land of Zealandia.
01:24It means these two are separate continents.
01:2785 million years ago, Zealandia decided to break free from the supercontinent Gondwana.
01:33Millions of years later, the Earth's tectonic plates, those puzzle pieces that make up our planet's crust, started throwing a
01:40wild party.
01:41The mighty Pacific plate, the heavyweight champion of tectonic plates, decided to take a dive beneath Zealandia's continental crust.
01:50This process is called subduction.
01:53As a result, the route of Zealandia, that connection to its continental crust, broke off and went into the depths
01:59below.
02:01So you see now that it takes millions of years and a lot of action for a new continent to
02:07form.
02:08But what if the impossible happened and a new continent formed overnight in the Pacific Ocean?
02:14The next morning, you'd probably spill your morning coffee while watching the news.
02:18For this newfound land to be considered a full-fledged continent, it needs to have a surface area like Zealandia
02:25and be a large, uninterrupted chunk of land with some water surrounding it.
02:31And here comes the twist.
02:32The Pacific Ocean has an average depth of 13,000 feet.
02:37So if a continent wanted to join the party, it would have to push a whole lot of rock upward,
02:43shaping its way to the surface.
02:46A new continent emerging overnight would make sea levels skyrocket.
02:50We'd have to say goodbye to geographically low-lying countries like Bangladesh, Senegal, and the Netherlands.
02:58The ocean currents would be in for a wild ride too.
03:01The North Pacific subtropical gyre, a vibrant hotspot for marine life, would be thrown off balance.
03:08Those poor marine creatures who rely on the currents for their journeys would need some new source of navigation.
03:13Plus, the creatures that live permanently in one place could lose their main food source.
03:19Oceans are like global free-for-alls.
03:22But with a new continent in play, the countries situated nearby would be willing to stake their claim on this
03:29unexpected landmass.
03:31This new continent would be a blank canvas.
03:34No lush landscapes or freshwater sources.
03:37Just rock and more rock.
03:39So, if you are dreaming of relocating to this novelty, you have to wait for some serious terraforming to make
03:45it habitable.
03:47But, for now, let's go back to the real new continent of Zealandia.
03:52It's actually a microcontinent, which is an official word for a landmass that has separated from a main continent.
03:59In our case, it was Antarctica, and then Australia.
04:02You could say Zealandia is a bit shy, with only up to 7% of its size peaking above the
04:08water's surface.
04:09But, it's nearly 70% as large as Australia in total, and proudly boasts of two major islands we know
04:17and love as New Zealand.
04:18The North Island and the South Island.
04:20Plus, there are many smaller islands.
04:23The largest islands have glaciers, like the famous Tasman Glacier on the South Island.
04:29Thanks to some glacial action in the past, Zealandia can show off its fjords and valleys.
04:35New Caledonia has a tropical vibe with its Oceania and South Pacific connections.
04:41The unofficial Eighth Continent is a hotspot for geological action.
04:46Part of it belongs to the Australian Plate, while the rest rides the Pacific Plate.
04:51It has six major areas with active volcanoes.
04:55And don't forget the geothermal treats.
04:57Geysers and hot springs are scattered all over the place,
05:00courtesy of the Australian and Pacific Plates having a steamy interaction.
05:06The underwater world of Zealandia is a treasure chest of mineral deposits and natural gas fields.
05:12It's also a scientific playground.
05:15During those icy glacial periods, sea levels dropped, and more of Zealandia emerged from the depths.
05:21The fossils this process left behind are like an encyclopedia of valuable clues
05:26about the life that thrived here during ancient times.
05:31The search for Zealandia lasted for 375 years.
05:35It all started in 1642, when Dutch seafarer and explorer Abel Tasman set on a mission from Jakarta, Indonesia.
05:44Back in the day, Europeans were sure that there had to be a massive land down under
05:50to balance out their own continent up north.
05:53They even had a fancy name for it, Terra Australis.
05:57Tasman was determined to become the first to find it.
06:00He went west, then south, then east, all the way to the South Island of New Zealand.
06:06But here is where things took a turn for the worst.
06:09The local Maori people, who had been living there for centuries, didn't exactly roll out the red carpet.
06:15They rammed one of Tasman's small boats, and sadly, four of the Europeans met their ends.
06:21What happened next remains a mystery.
06:23But a few weeks later, Tasman sailed back home without ever stepping foot on this mysterious land
06:29he believed to be the Great Southern Continent.
06:32He never came back.
06:34The explorer didn't even realize that he was actually right all along about the existence of a missing continent.
06:41And you already know it only became official in 2017.
06:46Another lost and found continent isn't hiding in the ocean, but under Europe.
06:52It's called the Greater Adria, and it collided with Europe and started to sink under it around 140 million years
06:59ago.
07:00Today, it lies beneath Italy, Greece, and the Baltics.
07:04Its size and even shape match that of Greenland, the world's largest island.
07:10Greater Adria is no longer visible, but it left some clues.
07:14Parts of it were embedded in the Alps.
07:17Other chucks were incorporated into present-day Italy and Croatia on the other side of the Adriatic Sea.
07:23Limestone rocks from the former continent started to change once they were under the European landmass.
07:30Tremendous heat and pressure spread over tens of millions of years changed their structure.
07:35Out goes the limestone.
07:37In comes the marble.
07:38All the Greek and Roman temples you admired on your summer vacation were constructed using this marble.
07:44It was sort of a going-away gift from a long-lost continent.
07:49You don't notice this, but our planet never stops moving, and it happens deep beneath our feet.
07:56120 million years ago, Australia and Antarctica were a single piece of land.
08:01They went their separate ways, but Antarctica didn't leave empty-handed.
08:06Today, there is an oceanic plateau in the Indian Ocean.
08:09Long ago, it was connected to another lost continent, the Kyrgyzstan microcontinent.
08:15Scientists believe that it made a land bridge between India and Antarctica.
08:20To find out what it was like, we can look at a tiny archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean.
08:26These islands are all that is left of the ancient landmass.
08:30They have a cold climate and feature glaciers because they're so close to Antarctica.
08:35But in the past, the climate must have been temperate with plenty of rainfall.
08:40The animals and plants would have been similar to those that we find in tropical regions today.
08:46The lost continent landscape was probably much like that of New Zealand.
08:51Our planet keeps changing, and at some point, all the continents will reconnect with each other, forming one supercontinent again.
08:58And maybe then, future humans will wonder, what if our continent broke into pieces tomorrow?
09:05The theory of parallel worlds has been discussed in the scientific community for a very long time.
09:11Unfortunately, we're not developed enough yet to prove or disprove it.
09:16But it's still an interesting theory, and that's why we have a lot of unusual urban legends about the guests
09:23from a parallel reality, according to many.
09:25Let's check out a few of them.
09:29A man from a non-existent country
09:32This story took place in 1851 in a small German village, Frankfurt an der Oder.
09:39A lost man came out to the local villagers, asking for help.
09:43The man introduced himself as Jopar Warren.
09:46He spoke very poor German and had a very strong accent.
09:49The man himself claimed that he speaks Laxar and Abram, languages that don't actually exist on our Earth.
09:58He claimed to be from Laxaria, a country on the mainland called Sacria, separated from Europe by a huge ocean.
10:07However, none of these places existed on the Earth's map.
10:12People sent Jopar to the local authorities.
10:14He talked to a psychiatrist, but the doctor concluded that the man was totally sane.
10:20An investigation by the local police also revealed nothing suspicious about him.
10:25Jopar Warren claimed that the purpose of his visit to Europe was to find his long-lost brother.
10:31He survived a shipwreck and found himself near the village.
10:35They showed him a map of the world and a globe and asked him to indicate the place where he
10:39crashed.
10:40But he didn't recognize anything familiar.
10:43He seemed to have extensive knowledge about his homeworld.
10:47Jopar named five main continents on it.
10:50Sacria, Aflar, Ostar, Auslar, and Euplar.
10:56His story was considered plausible.
10:58Scientists from Frankfurt decided to send the man to Berlin for further research.
11:03However, during the trip, he had something like a seizure.
11:06The man suddenly jumped out of the carriage and disappeared into the surrounding forest.
11:12Despite a long and thorough search, no traces of Jopar were found.
11:16He seemed to have disappeared as mysteriously as he had appeared.
11:21Inspector Leboeuf, who was assigned to escort him to Berlin, thought this man could be a being from another world,
11:28and that he had returned from where he had come from.
11:33Lady on Highway 167
11:36This incident happened on October 20th, 1969.
11:40It was first reported in 1988 in the magazine Strange.
11:45The article tells about two men, L.C. and his business partner, Charlie.
11:51The names are fictitious.
11:52One afternoon, L.C. and Charlie were driving along Highway 167 in southwest Louisiana.
11:59Discussing work, they drove toward the oil center of Lafayette.
12:03The highway was empty at first, but then the men noticed a very old and very slow car ahead.
12:10The men started discussing this mysterious car.
12:13Such cars hadn't been produced for several decades, but this one looked quite new.
12:19The men thought it was thanks to the owner's care and admired it.
12:23They slowed down to get a better look at the car.
12:26L.C. noticed a bright orange sign on it that said,
12:311940, they saw a driver.
12:33It was a young woman in old-fashioned clothes,
12:36a hat with a long feather and a fur coat,
12:38even though it was warm outside.
12:40There was a child next to her, also dressed in a warm coat and a hat.
12:46L.C. and Charlie wanted to talk to her,
12:48but then they noticed the expression on her face.
12:51The woman was looking around in panic,
12:54almost on the verge of crying.
12:57L.C. called out to her and asked if she needed help.
13:00She nodded, and he gestured for her to park on the side of the road.
13:04But when the men also parked,
13:06they suddenly noticed that the woman's car had disappeared.
13:09They looked around the highway in shock.
13:12She couldn't have gone somewhere far so fast,
13:15but the car was nowhere to be found.
13:18After some time, another man drove up to L.C. and Charlie.
13:21He saw everything that happened
13:23and claimed that the car had simply disappeared.
13:26The men talked about the incident for several hours.
13:29When they reached the city, they contacted the police.
13:32However, the police couldn't help them in any way.
13:35Apart from their words,
13:37there was no confirmation of the existence of the car.
13:40The case was discussed for a while in local newspapers,
13:43and then was forgotten.
13:47The Gadianton Canyon Incident
13:50This incident occurred in May of 1972
13:53in southeastern Utah near the Modena Railroad Crossing
13:57on the edge of the Escalante Desert.
14:00Jenna North was driving her father's 1971 Chevrolet Nova.
14:04Her friend, Carol Abbott, was in the passenger seat.
14:08In the back seat, there were two other girls,
14:10Lisa Rockford and Bethany Gordon.
14:13It was after 10 p.m.
14:14when the girls crossed the Utah-Nevada state line.
14:17They wanted to get back to campus
14:19before their housekeeper, Mrs. Mortensen,
14:22locked the dorm doors.
14:24This stretch of Highway 56 in Utah is pretty deserted.
14:28There's nothing there but sand and a few plants.
14:31The girls were very happy
14:32when they finally noticed
14:33the Union Pacific Railroad crossing in Modena.
14:36But right behind the railing,
14:38Jenna noticed two highways.
14:40One went into the desert,
14:41and the other to Gadianton Canyon.
14:44The girls decided to take the road to the canyon.
14:47They thought it would be a shortcut to campus.
14:50The other girls were chatting with each other
14:52when Jenna noticed
14:53that they were no longer driving on asphalt,
14:55but on white cement.
14:57Watch out!
14:58suddenly shouted one of the girls.
15:00The road ended abruptly at a high rock wall.
15:03It was a dead end.
15:05They had to go back the same way they came here.
15:08And while Jenna's friends were complaining
15:10that now they would have to sleep in the car,
15:12Jenna saw that the landscape had changed dramatically.
15:16They weren't in the desert anymore.
15:18Instead, the canyon turned into an open area
15:21with wheat fields, pine thickets,
15:24and a small lake ahead.
15:25A full moon was shining in the sky,
15:28which was strange
15:29because it shouldn't have been there that night.
15:32The girls had no idea where they were,
15:34so they just drove to the light ahead.
15:36It was some building that they thought
15:38was a diner or restaurant.
15:40The girls saw a bright neon sign,
15:43but none of them could read what was written on it.
15:45These symbols were unlike any language they knew.
15:49Suddenly, several people came out of the building.
15:52They seemed shocked and frightened by Jenna's Chevrolet.
15:55They waved their hands and shouted something,
15:57but the girls didn't understand them.
16:00Lisa decided to ask the men for directions.
16:02She stuck her head out of the window and
16:05immediately let out a terrifying scream.
16:08Get out of here, she shouted to Jenna.
16:10The Chevrolet sped away from the building.
16:13Bright headlights illuminated their car from behind.
16:16They were being chased by a few vehicles.
16:18These vehicles were egg-shaped,
16:20had three wheels, and made a buzzing sound.
16:24The road ahead led back to the canyon.
16:27Jenna didn't have time to slow down
16:29and crashed right into it.
16:30The vehicles had disappeared,
16:33together with an unfamiliar landscape.
16:35The girls were back in the desert again.
16:38Fortunately, none of them were hurt, physically.
16:41But Lisa was in a state of shock.
16:43She was saying again and again,
16:45they weren't human.
16:47The girls had to help her walk.
16:49An hour later, they were able to stop
16:51a Utah highway patrol car.
16:53They told the police their story.
16:55The details of the report compiled by the police officer
16:58were complicated and confusing.
17:00During the investigation,
17:02the police couldn't figure out from the tire tracks
17:04exactly where the car went astray.
17:07The tracks ended very abruptly,
17:09as if the Chevrolet had suddenly disappeared.
17:12The police couldn't explain how the car
17:14could have driven two miles without leaving any traces,
17:17especially on such solid ground.
17:20There are still disputes about this story,
17:22but in the end,
17:23all versions and explanations of what happened
17:26are just guesses.
17:28Perhaps we'll never find out the truth.
17:31These were the urban legends about interdimensional traveling.
17:35Of course, there's no proof that any of these stories are real.
17:38Often, the truth turns out to be very mundane.
17:41For example, the famous man from Tau Red,
17:44who people also called a guest from another reality,
17:48turned out to be a simple fraudster
17:50named John Alan Kuchar Zegras.
17:52But even so,
17:54these stories are still very interesting.
17:57Scientists claim that Icelandia
17:59was a region between Greenland and Scandinavia
18:02that was more than 230,000 square miles,
18:05but is now underwater.
18:07The Earth was once a large pizza pie,
18:10with all the continents connected to each other
18:12millions of years ago,
18:14otherwise known as Pangaea.
18:15The North Atlantic region we know today
18:18was dry land
18:19from about 335 million
18:22to 175 million years ago.
18:24For many years,
18:26scientists and geologists
18:27assumed that the North Atlantic Ocean
18:30was birthed as Pangaea began to split apart
18:33roughly 200 million years ago.
18:35With volcanoes in the region where Iceland is,
18:38the country came to be
18:40just 60 million years ago
18:42as it broke off
18:43and sailed away from all the other lands.
18:46And since the Earth was like a large pizza pie,
18:49it divided like one.
18:51Many of the lands split up
18:53into many large and small pieces,
18:56creating the continents we know today.
18:58But this new theory suggests
19:01that the result of Pangaea's splitting
19:03left out some land
19:05that stretched for around 200 miles.
19:07And just about 10 million years ago,
19:10that piece of land
19:12submerged in the waters
19:13on the eastern and western side,
19:16leaving the tip of the land
19:17which is now Iceland.
19:19When plate tectonics move,
19:21they grind on each other,
19:23which gave shape
19:24to our current landscape,
19:25all thanks to the mantle.
19:27This new radical theory
19:29goes against everything
19:31written in history books
19:32and what scientists have been studying.
19:35They began shaking heads,
19:37drawing lots of skepticism
19:38and criticism.
19:39But by analyzing the ocean floor
19:42under Iceland
19:43and the Earth's crust,
19:45we can assume
19:46that this idea
19:47isn't far-fetched.
19:49The crust beneath Iceland
19:50happens to be a lot thicker
19:52than the typical ones.
19:54Oceanic crust
19:55is made up of unique melted rocks
19:58compared to the land crusts
19:59where we walk and live on
20:01and is a lot more denser.
20:03The thinnest layer on Earth
20:04is the crust
20:05where life takes place.
20:07It's essential for water,
20:09growing food,
20:10gathering natural resources
20:11and minerals,
20:12and breathing in oxygen.
20:14It sinks below to the bottom
20:16but right above the Earth's mantle.
20:18It also refreshes itself
20:20since it constantly gets recycled
20:22into the mantle and back up.
20:24This is why the rocks
20:26in the oceanic crust
20:27are around 25 miles thick
20:30compared to just 5 miles
20:32anywhere else.
20:33This is also reasonable
20:34given that it's in a hot spot
20:36for volcanoes.
20:38Magnetic surveys
20:39of the ocean floor
20:40show layers of molten crust
20:42in stripe patterns.
20:44Also given the fact
20:45that the Earth's magnetic field
20:47changed its polarity
20:48over millions of years,
20:50it played a role
20:51in shaping the foundation
20:53of our landscape.
20:54But there isn't any concrete evidence
20:56to prove this new theory
20:58just yet.
20:59One of the first steps
21:00is to start digging
21:02the ocean floor
21:03near Iceland.
21:04Zircon is a very sturdy mineral
21:06that can last
21:07for billions of years
21:08despite erosion
21:10in the Earth's crust.
21:11By taking samples
21:12and studying them,
21:14researchers can estimate
21:15the geological age
21:16of the continents.
21:17This will make sure
21:19the crust is oceanic,
21:20which is thicker,
21:21or continental,
21:23which is the regular crust
21:24we walk on.
21:25This isn't an overnight project
21:28and would come
21:29with a hefty cost.
21:30Another way
21:31is to do seismic surveys
21:33that can measure echoes
21:34conducted on research ships.
21:36Drilling holes miles deep
21:38in the crust
21:39can also help
21:40with the research.
21:41But this would cost more
21:43than studying
21:44the zircon minerals.
21:45Some fossilized plants
21:47unique to both Scandinavia
21:48and Greenland
21:49might prove
21:50that Icelandia
21:52was once on the surface
21:53and possibly scattered
21:55with trees.
21:56It wasn't a cold land
21:57as it is today,
21:58so it may have had forests.
22:01But scientists
22:02still haven't found
22:03fossil evidence
22:04of animals
22:05common in both lands
22:06to suggest anything.
22:07But maybe time will tell.
22:10The theory goes deeper,
22:12which suggests
22:13that there was
22:14a greater Icelandia.
22:16With Iceland,
22:17Ireland,
22:18Britain,
22:18Scandinavia,
22:19and Greenland
22:20all in one microcontinent,
22:22it could be a destination
22:24of winter enthusiasts
22:25and great for skiing.
22:26It could be possible
22:28to connect Canada
22:29to Greater Icelandia
22:30by train over the ocean,
22:32which would open up
22:33the economy even more.
22:35Iceland is around
22:3640,000 square miles,
22:38which is already quite big.
22:40And if the Greater Icelandia
22:42was present today,
22:43then Europe
22:44would be a completely
22:45different continent.
22:47Many theories
22:48are circulating
22:48about other possible
22:50hidden microcontinents
22:51around the world.
22:53Scientists aren't certain
22:54of the possibility
22:55of Icelandia's existence.
22:57But if all the studies
22:59conducted
22:59were done correctly,
23:00then the theory
23:01could change everything
23:03we know about Iceland
23:04and the North Atlantic Ocean.
23:06And this
23:07could pave the way
23:08for other sunken microcontinents
23:10around the world.
23:12Another theory out there
23:13is that New Zealand
23:14was the tip
23:15of a lost subcontinent,
23:17even bigger than Icelandia,
23:19called
23:20Zealandia.
23:21Studies show
23:22that it's separated
23:23from the supercontinent
23:24Gondwana
23:25between 79 to 83 million years ago.
23:29Scientists claim
23:30that it's the thinnest
23:31and youngest continent
23:32discovered underwater.
23:34Craton is a core rock
23:36that acts as the main foundation
23:38for most continents.
23:39It's at least
23:40a billion years old,
23:41but the continental crust
23:43that makes up
23:43Zealandia
23:44is just half of that,
23:46which makes it quite young.
23:48That means
23:48some Craton
23:49is missing,
23:51even though it holds
23:52some leftovers
23:52of older rocks
23:53and parts of the mantle.
23:55They're estimated
23:56to be as old
23:57as 2.7 billion years old.
24:00Scientists did some studies
24:01on the zircon crystals
24:03from New Zealand
24:03and found out
24:04that they're as old
24:06as 1.3 billion years old.
24:08The rest of the continents
24:09are more than
24:103 billion years old.
24:12Scientists studied
24:13the composition
24:14of the rocks
24:15in the bottom of the ocean
24:16around New Zealand.
24:17They're made up
24:18of silica and granite,
24:20which are found
24:20in continental crusts.
24:22The ocean floors
24:23mainly have magnesium
24:25and iron-rich rocks.
24:27They're also thicker
24:28and higher
24:29than regular ocean crusts
24:30around it.
24:31They conducted
24:32some studies
24:33and collected
24:34magnetic and topographic data
24:35to see the link
24:36between the Tasman
24:37and Coral Seas
24:39in the Cato Trough region.
24:40This is the narrow strip
24:42between Zealandia
24:43and Australia.
24:44Satellite data
24:45tracked tiny faults
24:46in the Earth's gravity
24:47to map out the crust
24:49of the ocean floor
24:50surrounding the area.
24:51They saw the mass
24:53that makes up Zealandia
24:54quite visible
24:55and almost the size
24:56of Australia.
24:57Even though the signs
24:59are there,
24:59this doesn't prove anything.
25:01It's possible
25:02that there are
25:03a bunch of microcontinents
25:04which all split apart
25:06when Australia
25:07broke free of Gondwana.
25:09Back then,
25:09the supercontinent
25:10was made up
25:11of South America,
25:13Antarctica,
25:14Australia,
25:15Zealandia,
25:16Arabia,
25:17and the Indian subcontinent.
25:18New Zealand
25:19is already
25:20not the biggest country
25:21out there.
25:22But if the theories
25:23are correct,
25:24then Zealandia
25:25will be six times
25:26its original size.
25:28Mauritius
25:29is a young island
25:30that's only a few million
25:31years old.
25:32Just 1,200 miles
25:34off the coast of Africa,
25:35it's believed
25:36that the tiny island
25:37came to life
25:38around 9 million years ago.
25:40The underwater volcanoes
25:42in the region
25:42spewed out so much lava
25:44that it formed
25:45the land today.
25:46But scientists
25:47found zircon rocks
25:49that are more than
25:503 billion years old.
25:52It may also be part
25:53of a continent
25:53submerged underwater
25:55called Mauritia,
25:56which is just a quarter
25:58of the size
25:58of Madagascar.
25:59The zircons
26:01they found
26:01were embedded
26:02in solid rocks
26:03and not just
26:04in the sand,
26:04which may rule out
26:06that they just washed up
26:07on shore
26:07from another continent.
26:09Some scientists
26:10are still not convinced.
26:12They suggest
26:12that discovering rocks
26:14that stand out
26:15from the other
26:15typical ones
26:16brought by an eruption
26:17could skew
26:18the scientific community
26:19to this theory.
26:20But just like
26:21how Icelandia
26:22could be part
26:23of greater Icelandia,
26:25Mauritia
26:25was once called
26:26Rodinia,
26:27which consisted
26:28of India
26:29and Madagascar.
26:31Theories suggest
26:32that Mauritia
26:33was covered in water
26:34when India
26:35broke away
26:35from Madagascar,
26:37something like
26:3785 million years ago.
26:40we're asked
26:41andwohlis
26:41hear
26:41to national
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