Researchers previously believed the split ... flow into the area. The crack stretches through Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and half of Ethiopia, which the professor said would become a new continent ...

This continent may be dividing in two, according to a startling finding on the map of Earth. Africa is expected to split but only within millions of years.

Experts monitoring the gap say the deepening crack will eventually separate from the rest of the continent as water emerges, effectively reshaping the world map. It's one of the few spots on Earth ...