According to the fossil record we came from the same ancestor as Apes. Evolution is as much of a fact as gravity is. Its happening in front of your very own eyes.
Also according to evolution we all came from a single original type of organism, called the last common ancestor.
Why isnt it widely accepted? Because there are still religious nuts out there who believe what some book says. A book that was written by men.
If God is real, why is there absolutely no proof? How come noone has been to heaven? What about hell? Where are these places? Why havent I ever seen God , a spirit, or an angel? Why does everyone nowadays who says they are a savior to mankind get locked up in a psych ward? What about all these supposed medical miracles? Its always stuff like a disease going away, which could be total chance. Why do people never regrow limbs? It would be a miracle that could NOT be chance, and would have to be divine intervention. It never happens. Why not? God causes other miracles, why not this one? Would it be too obvious and sway our "free will" that the bible says he isnt allowed to do? Or would that just be an excuse to cover up the fact that its all bullshit?