Exactly. It was well understood that animals and plants evolved before Darwin. I have a popular science book from about 1890. It is called “Evolution for the normally intelligent gentleman”. The first thing it does is say that the dispute between Darwin and Lemarc is beyond the scope of this book.
If you just look at plant morphology and animal anatomy then evolution is kind of obvious.
If you just look at plant morphology and animal anatomy then evolution is kind of obvious.