{"id":5099,"date":"2019-05-30T10:39:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T08:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiosifymagazine.com\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2019-08-14T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:21:15","slug":"fossil-is-found-that-confirms-unicorns-walked-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curiosifymagazine.com\/en\/fossil-is-found-that-confirms-unicorns-walked-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossil is found that confirms unicorns walked the earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/curiosifymagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-1523223-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Unicorn\" class=\"wp-image-5111\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Unicorns have always been believed to be <strong>non-existing mythological creatures<\/strong>. In fact, it&#8217;s a creature that seems so alien to us, that the term now has a <strong>wide array of <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/e\/unicorn-word-trends\/\"><strong>contexts<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> In other words, we refer as &#8220;unicorn&#8221; to things or people that we believe are unique, rare or of high value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It now seems we&#8217;re going to have to change how we view the world we live in: a <strong>unicorn fossil<\/strong> has been found, and it&#8217;s <strong>not even that old.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Not so long ago<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/curiosifymagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/angelina-1592753-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Unicorns\" class=\"wp-image-5136\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A unicorn fossil had <strong>previously been found in Kazakhstan<\/strong>, but it looked as though our precious horse of a single horn had <strong>become extinct 350,000 years ago. <\/strong>With this new fossil, it seems like they were around <strong>until not so long ago. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Similar to a mammoth<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>However exciting this finding can be, it seems that unicorns did not look like the perfect being we thought they were. The fossil belongs to a <strong>Siberian unicorn<\/strong>, also known as &#8220;<em>Elasmotherium sibiricum<\/em>&#8220;. If you don&#8217;t know what this means, try to <strong>imagine something similar to a rhino, or even a mammoth<\/strong>, rather than a slender, white horse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5616\" height=\"3159\" src=\"https:\/\/curiosifymagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ashes-sitoula-111140-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Rhino\" class=\"wp-image-5133\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A unicorn&#8217;s measurements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts claim the unicorn would have been around <strong>2 metres tall and 4 and a half metres long<\/strong>. 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