Micro-evolution is a fact. This can be observed and tested...but to say these small changes over eons of time will result in a new species is an assumption and has never been observed.
physical anthropological finds
There are none...out of the 100 million or so fossils that have been unearthed there are zero transitional forms. Even fossilized insects such as spiders and ants that have been dated to pre-historic times are identical to modern day spiders and ants.
I mean, who can you deny the Theory of Gravity
No disagreement here...I drop a penny and it will fall to the ground. BTW...Where did these laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?
religion, on the other hand, is about faith and adherence to dogma.
Agreed...but you yourself also said "And there's absolutely no doubt we are descended from apes"...this seem pretty dogmatic ..no?
It would be nice if religion refrained from making claims about observable reality. However, that is very unlikely.
Why would this matter to you?
"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"
----Sherlock Holmes