Dawkins is a social pioneer opening the gates to a new society unbound by religious prejudices and outmoded philosophical meanderings. His standing in a community of worn out academics does nothing to demean his insights.

As to evolutionary science, it is a relatively new field but more is being realized daily through the efforts of the Leakeys and others like them.

Anyone who professes a thorough knowledge of physics is remarkably arrogant as new ideas and breakthroughs are being made available all the time.

To quote an eminent scientist analogous to science in general, "Anyone who thinks he understand quantum mechanics doesn't understand quantum mechanics."
This statement as applicable to science in general as it is a living and growing entity not encumbered by the crystalized and static notions of religion.

And of course, there's the old theological saw of the Cosmological Argument that updates it to if a god created the Boson, who created the god? Why is it not the goddess particle or the pantheon particle? Why is it not found in the dead sea scrolls? :) The answer of course is that scientists, not a god, discovered the Boson.