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What If Earth Was Still One Continent?

The world is split up into seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica. But that wasn't always the case. What if our landmasses never saw the great break they did millions of years ago? How would life be on earth now. Click here to see more videos:

How New Zealand came into being

New Zealand has not always been an island country. It was part of the Pangaea paleocontinent until 200 million years ago, when it broke apart into the Gondwana and Laurasian continents. Author: ZDF/Terra X/SPIEGEL TV/Christopher Gerisch, Kay Siering/ Oliver Gurr, Jürgen Heck, Jürgen Staiger/Hauke