When myth meets reality: fabled beasts and real-life creatures

Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 08:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Fantastic creatures have fascinated humans for thousands of years. When a new skeleton of the extinct horned mammal Elasmotherium sibiricum was discovered recently, its common name –the "Siberian Unicorn" – quickly resurfaced. But this "unicorn" was very different to the creature of Western mythology.

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