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Unicorns were actually real, new research claims

Contrary to popular belief they were ugly

Newsroom August 24 08:04

According to new research, unicorn-like mammals roamed the earth with humans.
New research published in the American Journal of Applied Science by at team at Tomsk State University claims that unicorns were real and once trotting across our Earth alongside humans. They just looked a bit different than fairy tales have let on.
Meet the Elasmotheriu, sibiricum also known as the Siberian unicorn.
This land mammal was first discovered decades ago, according to Phys.org, but is back in headlines due to an important timeline adjustment.
Based on new research, it appears this “unicorn,” originally thought to have died out 350,000 years ago, long before humans existed, actually went extinct closer to 29,000 years ago. This mean that these mammals were on the Earth at the same time as prehistoric man.
The team came to these conclusions after studying a skull found in the Pavlodar region in Kazakhstan, now believed to be the final home of the Siberian Unicorn.
More similar to the skeleton of a large rhino than a slender, graceful horse, the fossil studied, tested and examined by the research team was well-preserved, and after radiocarbon AMS-method analysis, proved to be much younger than previously thought.

source: people.com

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