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MAP ACTIVITYMap 1.1 Continental Drift Massive geological forces separated North and South America from other continents eons before human beings evolved in Africa two million years ago.READING THE MAP: Which continents separated from Pangaea earliest? Which ones separated from each other last? Which are still closely connected to each other?CONNECTIONS: How does continental drift explain why human life developed elsewhere on the planet for hundreds of thousands of years before the first person entered the Western Hemisphere 15,000 years ago?