Assertion: continent | /r/CapableOf | spend more time
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text: No human ever saw the continent above the water — and some have doubted whether it stayed on the surface long enough for any animals to inhabit it either, but the researchers were able to find hundreds of fossils, crushed shells, and pollen samples which suggest that the continent spent more time than scientists previously thought at a relatively shallow depth — meaning that for a time, animals easily crossed between the continent’s highest points and plants covered its tropical peaks.