“If we evolved from Chimps, then why are there still Chimps today,” this is the million-dollar question that we would all love the answer too, but the truth is there is NO definitive answer. Our education and theories about our past ancestors and how they once lived is still evolving today. Unfortunately, when examining the human origin, the answer will not be as simple as 2+2=4. I have read many articles over the past couple of days trying to pose my answer to this question, but the truth is… I don’t have one. Evolution is not linear, and it is an involuntary action that occurs of thousands of years so perhaps chimps are still in a primitive phase or maybe it is because we share a common ancestor as the chimps that allow us to be so close in DNA. I read this article from Fabio Mendes that states: “We did not evolve from a modern, living ape, like a chimpanzee. We evolved and descended from the common ancestors of apes, which lived and died in the distant past. This means that we...