We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.
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| Birth: | 24th January, 1928 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Author, Ethologist, Painter, Zoologist |
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Desmond John Morris was born in Purton, Wiltshire, England. He is an English zoologist and ethologist, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. In 1948 Desmond Morris had his first one-man showing of his paintings, at Swindon Art Centre. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Zoology. In 1954 he earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University. His first book that concerned actual human behaviour was The Naked Ape: a Zoologist's study of the Human as a revolutionised animal, published in 1967.
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