When two species evolve in different directions from a common ancestor, this is:

1. The two terms describe opposite geometries of relatedness. 2. When two species evolve in diverse directions from a common point, it is called divergent evolution. 3. Convergent evolution is where similar traits evolve independently in species that do not share a recent common ancestry. 4. So divergence starts together, and convergence arrives together. _Source: OpenStax Biology for AP(R) Courses (CC BY 4.0), Ch 18 'Evolution and the Origin of Species', sections 18.1-18.3_