Assertion: transmutation | /r/ObjectUse | used by jean baptiste lamarck
Facets:
value: for his theory
type: PURPOSE
value: in 1809
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The article begins: "Transmutation of species was a term used by Jean Baptiste Lamarck in 1809 for his theory that described the altering of one species into another, and the term is often used to describe 19th century evolutionary ideas that preceded Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection....