>>5023061 (OP)real answer. creationism is true, but not the way you're taught or how religious nuts try to push it. it's not just "one single entity created everything as it is last tuesday". there's dozens of creator beings up there, and there's tons of archetypes and shit being recycled. to cut it short, mankind is itself an archetype, and dozens of creator Gods above our reality can deploy mankinds, bears, big cats, big birds, anything. these animals aren't always updated after each cycle starts over.
mammoth > elephant
bear > badger > weasel
triceratops > chameleon
pelican > seagull > tern
eagle > hawk
capybara > porcupine, beaver > squirrel
there's too many examples to list. these "great apes" are of human origin. they're wrinkly and born looking old because their genome is worn out.
yes this is /x/ tier stuff, but it checks out. see for yourself.
human > poo in loo > gorilla > chimp > macaque > rat
but there's more. spider monkeys sure are different from macaques. how about those gorillas with kinky curly hair and empty, vacant eyes? they sure don't look like donkey kong.
but there's your answer. but there's more questions, like "then what's up with baboons" which points to some genomes being sampled and recreated as new animals, who then start degrading the moment they're deployed on earth.
earth has cycles of destruction, but it doesn't create. it only consumes.