Researchers at Russia’s Tomsk State University examined bone pieces of the horny monsters discovered in Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan.
And established that the remains were approximately 29,000 years old .
According to Forbes, the “unicorns,” whose scientific name is Elasmotherium sibiricum, may reach heights of 7 feet, have a circumference of 15 feet, and weigh up to 10,000 pounds.
What’s the origin of unicorn myth?
The historian Ctesias (about 400 BCE) provided the oldest description of a single-horned (Greek monokers, Latin unicornis) animal in Greek literature..
According to The Natural History of Unicorns, Ctesias created the unicorn from three local animals:the Indian rhinoceros, whose horn is said to have medical benefits; the goat-like, horned chiru; and the enormous, reddish-and-white kiang