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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Himalayas are the world’s highest mountain range and home to Mount Everest. | Credit: Pakawat Thongcharoen/Getty Images Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed …

Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian and Indian continents around 50 million years ago, when tectonic forces squeezed Tibet so hard that the region crumpled and its area shrank by almost 620 miles (1,000 kilometers). …