Dr Zixiao Yang (IMAGE)

University College Cork

Dr Zixiao Yang

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Dr Zixiao Yang of University College Cork, who discovered that some feathered dinosaurs had scaly skin like reptiles today, thus shedding new light on the evolutionary transition from scales to feathers. (Image credit: Ruben Tapia/UCC TV).

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Ruben Tapia/UCC TV.

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