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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Continental Drift - The Case of Marsupial Evolution Marsupials appeared about 100 million years ago in South America. They spread through Antarctica and Australia that were at that time joined together. Continental Drift - The Case of Marsupial Evolution Marsupials encountered placental mammals in North America, could not compete, and became extinct. The modern opossums are recent arrivals from South America. The placental mammals expanded into South America, but the marsupials were well established there. About 50 million yea