Whoever told you that stuff is simply a liar, likely another "Liar for Jesus."
All us Apes evolved from something that was not yet Ape, so the Chimp and the Gorilla, the Human and the Bonobo, Jesus and the Orangutan are all equally evolved, equally Ape.
Well, I would say that the common ancestor somewhere back there was a primate, but today's apes, humans, chimps, gorillas, bonobos and Jesus are something different. Would it make you feel better if I said "Not a modern ape?"