A giant rhino that may have been the origin of the unicorn myth survived until at least 39,000 years ago - much longer than previously thought. Known as the Siberian unicorn, the animal had a long ...

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Elasmotherium might just be the closest thing we’ve ever had to a real-life Mudhorn. Towering and powerful, this Ice Age giant was a prehistoric rhinoceros with a massive horn and a presence that ...

For a long time it was thought that the ancient rhino species Elasmotherium sibiricum, known as the Siberian unicorn, went extinct between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago. Now improved dating of fossil ...

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The first DNA tests on Siberian unicorns have shown that the 4-ton animal lived at the same time as modern humans, according to scientists. By studying fossilized bones, an international team of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A burly "unicorn" that once plodded over grasslands in Siberia was around for much longer than ...

The ancient rhinoceros Elasmotherium sibiricum — or more colloquially, the Siberian unicorn — was a shaggy giant mammal with strangely slender legs and a single horn. Despite what you may read today ...

Radiocarbon dating suggests the animal was alive longer than previously thought. New research just published suggests that the "Siberian Unicorn," an ancient species of rhino, existed much longer than ...