Or are you talking about “thoughts” that happened BEFORE someone was born that would cause them to be “born in the families of monkeys and apes”?
And yes, our body is that of an ape. Physically we are an ape. Physically we must decline and die. But we have a soul given to us by God that is eternal.
Human bodies are not ape bodies, don’t be ridiculous. There are similarities, but to say that an ape body and human body are exactly the same is sheer insanity. There are many similarities between human bodies and pigs, for instance, that’s why they can use pig parts in humans (which i think is a disgusting and cruel practice), or ferrets - that’s why ferrets are often used in experiments. All bodies have similiarities since they are made from the same elements with similiar or same systems, and of course some have more resemblances than others.
What I am saying is people who identify “I am an ape” will certainly be born as an ape after they leave the human body - death being leaving the earthly body and going elsehwere. The “where” being dependent on one’s consciousness, which is molded by how one lives life, thoughts, attachments, and so on.