Tibetans claim that they originated from apes.
There is a legend that the god Deres that is able to take on different appearances, once took on that of the ape.
He was sitting in his cave and reflecting upon his life.
Suddenly he realized that the only thing that was missing in his life was a woman.
To his disappointment there were no women in his time.
However, there was a mountain spirit who was a female.
Deres united with her and as a result first apes appeared on the planet. Later on they started multiplying.
Those who retained the divine genes had their tails shortened.
When their tails disappeared at all, apes turned into humans and started living humanly.

Any tourist can see this story in pictures on the walls on any Lamaist temples.
Tibetans are firmly convinced that Charles Darwin did nothing but steel his evolutionary theory from their religion.

At any rate, 2000 years before his birth this hypothesis had been already illustrated.

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