Satellite imagery of the Amazon basin, the world's largest tropical forest and a critical bulwark against climate change, shows a stark divergence in the continent's preservation efforts.
For blood pressure it seems obvious that inheritance within groups is irrelevant to divergence between them; for IQ there is a curious readiness to accept that such differences are due to genes.
Emphasising the divergence between rich and poor, the report found that the bottom 20% of earners have 57% less in financial wealth than the bottom 20% in 2005.
Assuming the divergence carries through to the final polls, one group of pollsters will be more accurate than the other.
There has been a divergence between phone and online polling throughout the campaign.
Another point of divergence is that, in recently settled urban areas, informal ties and reciprocities are likely to be more fragile.
Although the figures are similar to those for IQ, the response is oddly different: racial divergence, most say, is due to the environment - to poor diet or to smoking.
Sixth, the divergence of different parts of the UK and voters' lack of trust in politics require bigger solutions than those we put forward.
The extraordinary divergence of the results, region by region, upset the computers and led to displays of extreme caution by some of the party leaders.
The stark divergence between realities on the ground and the ways in which the continent continues to exist in the west's popular imagination has ramifications beyond being politically incorrect.
Add to that the remaining factors of uncertainty: the divergence in results produced by phone and internet polling during the course of the campaign – and the distribution of the votes of smaller parties, ie where Ukip and Green votes fall.
