The most influential "paper" that defined the concept of Lemuria is by Philip Lutley Sclater, published in 1864 in The Quarterly Journal of Science . Foundational Academic Papers
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: Philip Sclater's original paper proposed a sunken land bridge in the Indian Ocean to explain why lemur fossils were found in both Madagascar and India but not in Africa or the Middle East. The most influential "paper" that defined the concept
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: Modern geology (plate tectonics) has largely debunked the need for a land bridge like Lemuria, showing that Madagascar and India were once part of the supercontinent Gondwana.
: German biologist Ernst Haeckel expanded on Sclater's idea in 1870, suggesting Lemuria was the "cradle of humanity" to explain missing links in the fossil record. Spiritual and Mythological Perspectives