Fossil egg shells of ostriches confirm the theory of continental drift

According to the PLOS ONE magazine, ostrich species relatives used to live in India 25,000 years ago.

Scientists have thus asserted in a study just published, the DNA test results in ostrich eggs confirmed some aspects of continental drift theory.

Ostrich's relatives have lived in India 25,000 years ago.(Photo: Arkive.org).

Analysis of fossilized eggshells found in India shows that it is an egg shell of ostrich relatives. But the ostrich's hometown is still considered by the scientific world as the African continent, which is not connected to the Eurasian continent.

This confirms the theory of continental drift , initially existing in the supercontinent Gondwana, then the new supercontinent divides into Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, Madagascar, India, New Zealand and Arab .

Perhaps the ancestors of ostriches lived in this continent of Gondwana before it split.

Previously, other researchers have suggested that ostriches may have lived in India, but the evidence for this theory is not enough. The shell fragments were previously found to be similar to ostrich egg shells, but there was not enough DNA to analyze.

For now, this assumption has been proved at the molecular level.