Hey! This is my first and hopefully not last post in these forums.
I am currently trying to engage in sort of an online debate with some creationists and I am trying to show how evolution works and various evidence for it, etc. I am learning a lot and consider myself a novice in the fields of biology and genetics, etc, but I know that I understand the basics of evolution, and I get it (it has really clicked in my mind after several years lol).
The specific information that I am looking for right now is concerning how humans (and other animals) have some unused or deactivated genes in their DNA from generations and speciations ago. I once read somewhere that humans have an old deactivated gene for laying eggs. I am trying to find research material showing and explaining this as part of my method of convincing the people I am debating with.
Again, I am not that knowledgeable in genetics and biology (I'm at a mid-college level of education), but I have been reading and studying and I intend to get into learning about genetics. I am mainly fueled by my own interest to understand how life works on all the levels.
Please help me with some links and key words and helpful replies.
Thanks!