The Transformism of Lamarck was not just the first theory of evolution, it was the first scientific basis for a new holistic basal paradigm. Transformism was genuinely revolutionary. Had the French Revolution succeeded, Transformism would be heralded today as the first of the New Sciences. As we all know, political elites happen to be in the protection business. Darwinism was, and is, a reactionary pseudo-science.
Life is without meaning.
Life forms emerge out of haphazard processes, and whether they live or die is determined by haphazard Natural Selection. It is incorrect. There was none. Natural Selection was an assumption, nothing more than an hypothesis. At the same time, a challenge to classical Darwinism arose among the pioneers in genetics.