Scientists have long theorized that about 200 million years
ago, a giant stretch of land connected what are now India and Madagascar
to form an ancient supercontinent called Gondwana.
In a new paper,
geoscientists finally concluded that not only was the
supercontinent real, fragments of it still exist — sunken leagues
beneath the tiny isle of Mauritius.
“Our findings confirm the existence of continental crust beneath Mauritius,” the paper says.
Researchers were first tipped off to the continental crust’s presence because
of a strange feature that’s unique to Mauritius: The pull of gravity is
particularly strong on the island. Read more
