What empirical evidence does Mr Thomas cite to support this assertion?
"This directly contradicts the erroneous evolutionary concept that ancient man emerged from apes"
This statement is not correct. The Evolutionary theory shows that Modern Men and Apes share a common ancestor. “Humans did not come from apes. No qualified person in the scientific community has ever made that claim, including Darwin. All apes and humans are desceneded from a single proto-ape species that lived millions of years ago and no longer exists.”
Failure to understand even the basic concepts of the Evolutionary Theory does not help promote your argument.
No. It doesn't. It does, however, make one a member of a very large club.