Okay, Daylia.

All the evidence I've read points to all animals having descended from primeval colony forming bacteria like creatures, and almost all scientists agree that humans are members of the Ape family: that we are a species of Ape, closely related to chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos. In fact, you needn't even accept evolutionary theory to agree that we are apes, just as tigers, house cats, cheetahs and lions are species of cats.

This is not to start an argument, just to clarify where I'm coming from. ;-)