Scientists find evidence that continents were formed by giant meteor impacts - Sky News

The theory that the continents were originally formed at the sites of these impacts has been around for decades, but there has been little solid evidence to support it - until now.

Scientists have discovered what they believe is the strongest evidence to date that the continents were formed by giant meteor impacts during the Earth's early history.

The theory that the continents were originally formed at the sites of these impacts has been around for decades, but there has been little solid evidence to support it - until now, says Dr Tim Johnson.

"Our research provides the first solid evidence that the processes that ultimately formed the continents began with giant meteorite impacts, similar to those responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs, but which occurred billions of years earlier.".