This is a map of the world, when you look closely you will see the sevenbr continents, including Asia, Australia, North and South America, Africa,br Europe, and Antarctica.br However, this wasn’t always the case, about 300 million years ago, Earthbr didn't have seven continents; instead, it had Pangaea, a sizablebr supercontinent, which was encircled by Panthalassa, a single ocean.br Up until about 200 million years ago (during the Triassic Period), Pangaeabr was the only continent on Earth. Then, it started to fragment.br Pangaea was divided into two new continents, Laurasia and Gondwanaland,br during the Triassic Period.br The smaller continent, Laurasia, migrated north and eventually broke off intobr what is today known as Europe, Asia, and North America. The bigger one,br Gondwanaland, divided into the modern continents of South America, Africa,br Australia, Antarctica, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula,br which together make up nearly two-thirds of the modern continent.br Many people are unaware that Gondwanaland also divided into anotherbr portion. A portion that took researchers 375 years to find, becoming thebr world's eighth continent, which had been lying in wait for them under thebr ocean this entire time.