Transformation is the act or process of transorming.the state of being transformed.changein form, appearance, nature, or character
The belief in evolution in the 1700s was known as transformism or the theory of transmutation. This idea suggested that species could change over time, long before Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection gained prominence.
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck was a French naturalist best known for his early theory of evolution, which proposed that organisms adapt to their environments through use and disuse of traits, a concept often summarized as "inheritance of acquired characteristics." He introduced ideas about species changing over time and the concept of "transformism," suggesting that life forms evolve from simpler to more complex organisms. Although his theories were later overshadowed by Darwin's natural selection, Lamarck's work laid important groundwork for the study of evolution.