Advaita Vedanta says the one unchanging entity (Brahman) alone is existing- Changing entities do not have absolute existence like the waves have no existence other than the ocean.
Adi Shankara was the first in its tradition to consolidate the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. A famous quote that succinctly summarises his philosophy is:
Brahman is the only truth, the spatio-temporal world is an illusion, and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and individual self.
Source: Wikipedia
In the Vedantic tradition, the peak of evolution for an individual is the realisation of themself as Brahman, the one without a second. How much this realisation depends upon the evolution of the physical form is difficult to say.
Many believe such a realisation is only possible now by humans as a result of billions of years of evolution. For them, the process has been one of matter becoming increasingly conscious until the realisation of the Atman (the individual soul or true self) is possible.
Andrew Cohen is one popular proponent of this belief with his teaching of "evolutionary enlightenment".
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