Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: The genus Anchiornis contains the type species Anchiornis huxleyi , named in honor of Thomas Henry Huxley , an early proponent of biological evolution , and the first to propose a close evolutionary relationship between birds and dinosaurs .
Simplified: Anchiornis huxleyi is named in honor of Thomas Henry Huxley , the first to propose a close evolutionary relationship between birds and dinosaurs .