If there is no connection between 1 and 2, then in effect, you are saying evolution is not evidence of evolution. Now that really does sound like both bad science and bad logic.
Asking why the Creator created according to nested hierarchies is as pointless as asking why the Creator made the sky blue and grass green ... or why he created apes that share 98% of their DNA with humans.
But if you really need to know, ask him when you met him face to face.