I met an orangutang once and I found him interesting, although it was quite unnerving to be stared at by something I was staring at - especially when I also believed it was trying to predict what I was going to do. I like monkeys and apes, but I feel a bit intimidated because I'm not sure how to act, and I just KNOW I'm being judged in some way. They're curious. Most animals only stare at you when they want part of your lunch.

John, some genes in a monkey changed enough for a pair to have babies that were slightly different. Later, a couple of those babies had babies that were slightly more different, and on down the millenia more changes kept getting added in until there were people who looked sort of like we do. While this was going on with the 'odd' branch of the family tree, other monkeys that were normal monkeys kept having normal monkey babies.