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No, evolution does not violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

No life disobeys the Second Law. Zygotes become embryos, embryos become foetuses, foetuses become babies, then children, then adults. All zygote-to-adult growth fails to disobey the Second Law. There is a constant influx of energy into the growing individuals through nutrition. All life carries out nutrition. There is always energy available for growth and reproduction and if there is enough energy for that, then there is enough energy for change/evolution. In this sense, Law-disobeying complexity is not added, from prokaryote to eukaryote or even from bacterium to human. It is simply growth from neonate-form to adult and there is certainly enough energy for that.

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Usually it is not said that "life" violates the second law, but it is the theory of evolution that does so. See the related question below for an explanation of why that statement is controversial.

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Humans really aren't capable of obstructing the second law. If we could act in the manner of "Maxwell's Demon" we might be able to - but so far no one has managed to meet the criteria :-)

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