For the first 99.99999 per cent of our history as organisms, we were in the same ancestral line as chimpanzees.
In his book "A Short History of Nearly Everything," author Bill Bryson discusses the deep evolutionary connections between humans and other species, particularly chimpanzees. He emphasizes that for nearly all of human history, our lineage has been closely related to that of chimpanzees, highlighting a shared ancestry that spans millions of years. This perspective reinforces the idea that humans are not separate from nature but are part of a continuous biological narrative.