Has anything changed since then that invalidates his specific point that I quoted?
Not really, I'd say most people would consider a creature like the last common ancestor to be an ape. This is only going to play in your favour though with people who are completely ignorant of the tempo and drivers of evolution, as well as inter and intraspecies competition with overlapping niches.
When debating evolutionists its important to understand that evolution isn'tuniform in the selective pressures exerted on different parts of the biosphere. So don't bother with the argument that there are apes and men but no apemen left....oh my why not?
Its simple. Apes are very successful in their niche and did not move from it nor change much. The ape-men moved away from that environment into different ones, and experienced changes. Apemen and successively more human-like creatures likely had overlapping niches. So they were bound to be competitors for the same resources. The old apes in Africa weren't really impinging on their space. But the final form (us) is a fairly nasty competitor and may take out the apes too now.
