The images above show how the earths continents look two 50 million years ago and how they look today the change in the continents positions is explained by the modern theory of plate, tectonics the theory of plate, tectonics developed and part from an earlier hypothesis about how continents move what is the name of this earlier hypothesis is it continental drift, natural selection, earthquake development or evolution?

The name of the earlier hypothesis about how continents move is continental drift.