Comments by "AholeAtheist" (@AholeAtheist) on "How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean? - Peter Campbell" video.

  1. Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Antarctica and Australia. Officially. But there are a couple of reasons why there might be some confusion.. The Americas are generally one large landmass, but the North, South and Central Americas are all on separate tectonic plates. Which is likely why they are considered to be separate(although I guess the central American plate gets considered part of the North American continent). While this is also the reason why some consider Europe and Asia to be one continent "Eurasia", because they're on the same tectonic plate(and Greenland was likely once part of North America, as the are on the same plate). This is where I find the inclusion of India and it's greater ethnic region's inclusion in Asia to be a bit strange, as they are separated from the rest of Asia by the Bangladeshi delta and the Himalayas because they are on separate plates, hence why there's the Himalayas there in the first place. The people there more closely resemble the people from the Arabian peninsula, which is also on it's own plate. Why isn't this considered the Duo-micro continent or something? Oh, and most importantly, "Oceania" is not a continent, Australia is the continent, Oceania is the greater region which includes Melanesia and Polynesia. Or, possibly just Polynesia, if you're were going by tectonic plates, as Melanesia is largely on the Australian plate, while Polynesia, is mostly on, or on the edge of the pacific plate. Although if you were using the definition of Oceania, it wouldn't be a continent still obviously given the name.
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  2. Fredagsmorgon No. Oceania, is a greater geographical region that includes the continent of Australia, the islands of Melanesia, and the Islands of Polynesia(generally excluding Hawaii as it's a U.S. state). It's not "Australia". Sincerely yours, the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands and New Zealand.
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  3. MissRiss Ahem.. Did you read my comment? I clearly stated that Australia is a continent, and why "Oceania" is not. But I'm glad someone else is kind of exasperated that people think "Oceania" is a continent.
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  4. Gavin Herrera Not necessarily. I think it's more to do with the larger tectonic plates. Which is possibly why India is referred to as the Sub-continent.
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