“including common ancestors of both modern apes and humans. “
Liberals: simpletons.
We look like apes because we both have arms and legs so we must be related and we came from apes. Maybe the apes came from us.
Similarities are far more than skin deep, they go down to our nearly identical DNAs.
Occam's Razor says the simplest explanation is we share common ancestors.
Of course, you may chose a different explanation, but it wouldn't be considered scientific.