>>20404334God doesn't create in the sense most profane people image, God is not like an old man on a cosmic farm planting planets and stars. To put it simple, what you call God is the Universe Itself, we basically live in the Mind of God (nous).
About your question, God gave life to animals, that includes our simian ancestors. It is the Spirit of God, that descended upon the hominids, that truly makes us humans. God, unlike the "god" of the Bible, does not feel bad about creating us because God does not feel emotions, at least not like us. To Him/Her humanity is just that, humanity, beings that evolve physically and spiritually, He does love us. At the end of the day We are God and God is Us.