Two stunning animations show how planet Earth could change to form one huge supercontinent made up of the majority of land mass seen in the world today. Around 200 million years ago, it's said the ...

The animation, which you control using your mouse, shows the breakup of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana from 150 million years ago to the present, and on to a (speculative) 50 million years ...

This has enabled us to make an attempt at mapping the planet over the last 40 percent of its history, which you can see in the animation below ... and northern Asia to form a large supercontinent ...