What did Darwin claim that all creatures evolved from?

Darwin's theory was hotly debated in the news of the time. A lot of people believed he was blasphemous. Why? Darwinism says that humans are the close relatives of monkeys. This contrasts with the Christian view that every creature was made by God in their final form, as we see them today. As a result, Darwin was even drawn in newspapers as half-man half-monkey in order to insult him, but it merely shows the fervor of Christianity and its prominence in society at the time.