religion has had its fair share in the history of mankind, Darwin then like most scientists today believed solely in the physical, the fossils are here to prove them, yes,but mans divinity goes beyond the ape evolution theory. at first the evolution from apes was mainly linked to Africans, black monkey is still a common insults to the blacks today.
as a geologist, i also work with fossils, a lot of paleo information are stored in them, the adoption of the theory was a nice one even though it was not accepted in its entirety
I think you mean the perception of Man's divinity.
However if it truly did, then religious people would have a lot easier times accepting the facts; or at least monotheistic religious people. They just can't seem to accept that if God made man in his image, he decided to do a caricature with the apes.
Cg