Here’s another interesting quip from the Minchas Elazar, the Munkaczer Rebbe zt”l. He relates to evolution, according to which man developed from apes. This apikorsis claim is based on the great resemblance between humans and apes in various aspects. Indeed, he says, there is a relationship between humans and apes -not that WE developed from apes, but that, as the gemara in Sanhedrin (109:1) teaches, some of the generation of migdal Bavel became monkeys!
Quote: “Some transformed into monkeys, spirits, shaydim and leelin”-sanhedrin 109