Question

Differentiate between Convergent and divergent evolution.

Answer 1

Aspect	Connecting Links	Missing Links
Definition	Living animals that possess characters of two different groups, establishing continuity by showing how one group evolved from the other.	Extinct organisms that had characters of two different groups, helping to establish the evolutionary path.
Existence	Currently living organisms.	Extinct organisms (fossils).
Role	Show evolutionary relationship and continuity between groups.	Provide evidence about the transition and evolutionary history.
Examples	Lung fish (Protopterus) linking fish and amphibians; egg-laying mammals linking mammals and reptiles.	Archaeopteryx lithographica, showing reptilian and bird features.