A fossil shows that unicorns lived up to only 29 thousand years ago

A strange fossil skull was recently reported in Kazakhstan of a creature that experts believe extinct 350,000 years ago. It is the siberian unicorn, an animal that, although it is more like a rhinoceros than a horse, is known by the name of this mythical creature.

However, a discovery made in 2016 of a skull in excellent condition, have recently revealed that this animal would have lived until only 29,000 years ago.

Under the name of Elasmotherium, this creature would be so similar to unicorns currently seen in children's literature or movies. In fact, the greatest similarity with a horse that would be the condition of quadruped, as the animal would be much larger.

According to scientists, the Siberian unicorn measuring 2 meters high and 4.5 meters at least, long, weighing nearly four tons. More between a mammoth and rhino like a horse. Well, with a large and long horn protruding from the front of his head.

This animal also had a long coat and probably fed on grass, include scientists conducting the study of the fossil found in Central Asia.

For Andrey Shpanski, one of the researchers responsible for the project, "is very likely to the south of this area of ​​Siberia was a haven where this animal was kept for longer than the rest of the species," he said quoted by Science Alert.

Source: emol.com

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