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Richard Dawkins  

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  • Richard Dawkins (1941–), the British evolutionary zoologist, ethologist, atheist, and author, is one of the leading evolutionary theorists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries; he is also a staunch supporter of science and reason and a persistent critic of religion and irrationality. Biography Dawkins spent his early childhood in Africa. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Dawkins, Richard]

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