article_snippet.sent: Recent evidence is revealing how this will compare to the ancient supercontinents Rodinia and Pangaea .
article_snippet.sent: But other continents are also moving towards each other.
article_snippet.sent: For example, example can compare example to previous supercontinents Rodinia and Pangaea, which formed one billion and 300 million years ago respectively.
article_snippet.sent: Many of Earth's land masses are continuing to move into each other.
article_snippet.sent: The most recent supercontinent, Pangea (which is Greek for ‘All Lands’), formed about 300 million years ago with Africa at North and South America centre.
article_snippet.sent: It began breaking apart into the seven continents of today with the birth of the Atlantic Ocean about 100 million years later.
article_snippet.sent: This series of graphics shows how our land masses have separated from Pangaea into the distinct continents we have today. 
article_snippet.sent: Researchers believe Pangea is the third or fourth supercontinent in Earth’s history.
article_snippet.sent: Pangea immediate predecessors were Rodinia - which formed around 1 billion years ago - and Nuna, which formed 1.8 billion years ago.
article_snippet.sent: The idea of continental drift was introduced by German scientist Alfred Wegener in 1912 to explain how the shape of Earth’s countries looked suspiciously like jigsaw pieces that would fit together.