Week 4 - Chimps and Humans

It makes more sense to me that we diverged from chimps much more slowly and in a less linear manner than previously thought. Humans are complex and very specialized beings, as are chimps. It seems more likely that nature took it's time in separating us into two different beings with different skills and forms. I wonder, what was the need to separate us? Perhaps mother earth took her time in making us because she had the foresight to understand the potential outcome of our existence.