BBC - Rise of the Continents (2013) Part 3 The Americas

Professor Iain Stewart reveals how our iconic continents were created, and how their tumultuous past has shaped our life today.

Part 3: The Americas

Professor Iain Stewart uncovers clues hidden within the New York skyline, the anatomy of American alligators and inside Bolivian silver mines, to reconstruct how North and South America were created. We call these two continents the New World, and in a geological sense they are indeed new worlds, torn from the heart of an ancient supercontinent - the Old World of Pangaea.

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