Evolutionary Theory is a viable model

My opponent seems to be unable to distinguish evolution and evolutionary theory. Evolutionary Theory is synonymous with common descent, evolution is the change in allele frequency of populations over time. We do observe evolution every time a population reproduces as the allele frequency of said population changes. It is easily falsifiable, all you need to do is find a population of organisms that is static genetically. Such a thing is impossible according to evolution. Now that that is out of the way let us get into the evidence for evolutionary theory. #1 *Molecular Evidence* As I don't have enough characters to get into all the evidence for evolutionary theory, I will only focus on molecular and fossil evidence. Shared molecular vestiges are indicative of common ancestry, when we look at the genome of closely related organisms we expect genetic markers indicative of common ancestry. There's a sweet taste receptor gene called Tas1r2. In felids there's a 247-base pair deletion in exon 3 and a premature stop codons in exons 4 and 6. I am sure my opponent would concede this is indicative of common ancestry between the felids. The Tas1r2 gene in bottlenose dolphins has a deletion of exon 4, a 20 base pair insertion in exon 3 and a 1 base pair deletion in exon 6. I am sure my opponent would agree that common ancestry between the dolphins best explains this. Now are there any genetic markers in humans also found in other apes? Absolutely. UOX is a gene responsible for the oxidation of uric acid so an organism can synthesize allotonin. In humans UOX doesn't function because of a nonsense mutation. The 33rd amino acid position on exon 2 has been replaced with TGA which is a stop codon. This premature stop codon doesn't allow UOX to have a functional protein in humans. This identical mutation is also found in not only chimpanzees but in gorillas and orangutans. NANOGP1 is in a family of genes responsible for the differentiation of stem cells in trypoblast in humans in chimps there is a 1 bp insertion causing a frame shift resulting in a premature stop codon on exon 4. There is a premature stop codon on exon 13 of the ACYL3 in humans and chimpanzees. There is a premature stop codon on exon 13 of the ACYL3 in humans and chimpanzees. The COX8H gene has a non stop (stop codon deleted) mutation in exon 1 in all cattarhine primates (apes and cercopiths). Another piece of evidence in favor of common ancestry is MHC-DRB2. This gene in humans goes by the name HLA-DRB2, it goes by Patr-DRB2 in chimpanzees and Gogo-DRB2 in gorillas. MHC-DRB2 is in a family of genes which determines histocompatibility which is what determines who you can give and receive tissues from. In HLA-DRB2 exon 2 is gone and exon 3 has a 20 bp deletion. In Gogo-DRB2 and Patr-DRB2 it's broken the exact same way. Only common descent explains this fact. There are plenty of other examples of genetic markers like this in humans and other primates. #2 *Fossil Evidence* The fossil record is clear defined evidence for evolutionary theory. I will use the example of birds and dinosaurs. Most people have no idea just how bird-like dinosaurs were, take a look at T-Rex. T-Rex had gastralia, an antorbital fenestra complete with an antorbital sinus, a bipedal posture with the legs held beneath the body, an elongate deltopectoral crest on the humerus, pneumatized bones, fused clavicle forming a furcula, a bowed ulna, a long sarcum with fused sacral vertabrae forming a synsarcum, long narrow foot, fused sternal vertabrae, jugals in contact with the antorbital fenestra, ischial "foot", reduced immovable fibula, digitigrade, and no cranial notch between scapula and coracoid absent. Every one of these traits can be seen in chickens which is remarkable and best explained by evolutionary theory. Using phylogenetic bracketing we can even infer T-Rex had feathers due to feathers being found on other Tyrannosauroids such as Yutyrannus and Dilong. Another bird-like dinosaur is Velociraptor. Velociraptor possesses all the bird traits T-Rex did plus an ischium less than 2/3 the length of the pubis, quilled feathers, and a fully reversed pubis. I would continue but I want to see my opponents response to the evidence put forth.