Human chromosome 2. The Chimpanzee has near identical DNA sequences to human chromosome 2 but are found in two separate chromosomes. There is a vestigial centromere. In Chromosome 2 there are remnants of a second centromere when a chromosome normally only has 1. There are vestigial telomeres. These are normally only found at the end of a chromosome but in chromosome 2 there are additional telomeres in the center of the chromosome. Researchers were able to pin point the exact place the fusion took place. These are observable and verifiable facts that support common ancestry.
Here is the key word fro your post, "observable and verifiable facts that support common ancestry", not observable/verifable facts that prove common ancestry, there is a huge difference.
You left out the part where the predictions evolution makes have been put to the test and confirmed. You can run and hide all you want from these facts but they aren't going away. Evolution predicts that species with more similar traits will be closely related. Test this prediction by putting genomes of different species side by side to compare. They fall into a nested hierarchy, confirming the prediction.
Well, I am not running and hidding, in fact the discussion with you are the most interesting among all other atheists, who keep telling me that I need high school chemistry or similar, also learned something new, I thank you for this
I will show you my logic, and you can tell me if there are any holes in it.
Some prediction come true does not mean it is the definite proof. For example I remember some fish/animal (can't remember the name, will name it X) can both breath in water and on land, and was used to show how fish evolved to get to land, so X gives supporting evidence of evolution. Now suppose X is extinct and never been seen, some scientist predicted there must be fish to land evolution at some point, and then fossil of X is found. The prediction come true does not give definite proof, it is still supporting evidence.
You're moving the goal posts. Perhaps you don't understand ERVs. Retroviruses make a copy of their own genome and insert it into the host's genome. The retroviral DNA will be inherited by the offspring of the host. What conclusions can you make when you find retrogenes in identical chromosomal positions of two different species? The answer is common ancestry.
I already told you in my own word what ERV is, and it is the same as your description.
"retrogenes in identical chromosomal positions of two different species" is new evidence you provided, so I can give you another hypothesis on that too. What if the Retroviruses is used to design the DNA? I remember we do this in modern world, use some virus to introduce new properties of some existing species. It might be the only way to design certain DNA patterns, and the human DNA design is just a new product from an existing one. Of course this involves God, but there is no evidence suggests other wise right?
I will also try to dig in retro dna patterns of other species, if Evolution is true, it can be used as marks to see when species diverge, the time of the divergence (i.e. humans and chimps has 28 differences out of the xxx, so we must be very close). But it can also be used to disprove evolution, in that if the timeline are too close, the whole theory will crash by itself. Either way, very thankful for this information.
