According to Richard Dawkins, humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor that appeared about 6 million of years ago. The fact of having a common ancestor with chimpanzees does not mean that humans are descended from these animals. Researchers have affirmed that between all the animals that constitute the apes, humans are more closely related to chimpanzee because of anatomy and genetic comparisons. The human species evolved gradually, and chimpanzees and/or apes did not. Humans and apes are two different species, and it is difficult to comprehend that the chimpanzees and us, only share an ancestor that produced two distinct lineages, hominids, or human-like species, and the great ape species. Chimpanzees and humans have too many physical
