AUTHOR= TITLE=Retraction: Toward a thermodynamic theory of evolution: a theoretical perspective on information entropy reduction and the emergence of complexity JOURNAL=Frontiers in Complex Systems VOLUME=Volume 4 - 2026 YEAR=2026 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/complex-systems/articles/10.3389/fcpxs.2026.1808241 DOI=10.3389/fcpxs.2026.1808241 ISSN=2813-6187