Nearctic realm represented by the Madrean Region. Although North America and South America are presently joined by the Isthmus of Panama, these continents were separated for about 180 million years, and evolved very different plant and animal lineages. When the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea split into two about 180 million years ago, North America remained joined to Eurasia as part of the supercontinent of Laurasia, while South America was part of the supercontinent of Gondwana. North America later split from Eurasia. North America has been joined by land bridges to both Asia and South America since then, which allowed an exchange of
Pangaea (album) its predecessor, "Pangaea"s lengthy performances combined musical forms from African-American genres with Karlheinz Stockhausen's "conception of a 'world music' that moves like creeping tectonic plates". At the end of 1991, "Pangaea" was voted the ninth best reissue of the year in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics published in "The Village Voice". As with several other of Davis' live albums from the period, "Pangaea" became an influence on several no wave, funk, and highbrow new wave and punk rock musicians, including Tom Verlaine of Television and Robert Quine. Footnotes Bibliography Pangaea (album) Pangaea is a double