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.