Although his family was originally from England, Dawkins was born on March 26,1941 in Nairobi, Kenya (Dickerson 1999). This was because his father had been deployed there for World War II (Dickerson 1999). While spending his early childhood in Kenya on the front of the war, Dawkins was influenced by all he had seen and witnessed, which played an important part his future studies. At a young age Dawkins took an interest in animals (Dickerson 1999). He would watch the way animals moved, their behavior, the similarities and differences between several animal species (Dickerson 1999). His interest in animals would lead his to study zoology. Dawkins attended Oxford University and in 1966 he received his doctorate degree in zoology (Dickerson
Although his family was originally from England, Dawkins was born on March 26,1941 in Nairobi, Kenya (Dickerson 1999). This was because his father had been deployed there for World War II (Dickerson 1999). While spending his early childhood in Kenya on the front of the war, Dawkins was influenced by all he had seen and witnessed, which played an important part his future studies. At a young age Dawkins took an interest in animals (Dickerson 1999). He would watch the way animals moved, their behavior, the similarities and differences between several animal species (Dickerson 1999). His interest in animals would lead his to study zoology. Dawkins attended Oxford University and in 1966 he received his doctorate degree in zoology (Dickerson