A fossilised skull has revealed when the last 'Siberian unicorn' lived on Earth

www.sciencealert.com ^ | 27 MAR 2016 | JOSH HRALA

[blueunicorn6]

Looks just like Uncle Marv.

[Trillian]

It was someone they knew, that knew someone.

[justa-hairyape]

But could that Unicorn poop skittles ? Was it a card carrying member of the UniParty ? Than it was no modern Unicorn.

[gleeaikin]

If they found one from 29kya, perhaps there were even a few that survived up to the time of historical/mythological memory.

[Grimmy]

It was too stupid to figure out job security and pull a plow, so the arc didn’t make room for it.

[LadyDoc]

there were many unicorns images in ancient Harrapa. I wonder if the unicorns lasted longer, or if men remembered the animal (or if the seals showed the local rhinocerus).

[Red Badger]

Why are depictions of dragons found in every culture on Earth, even the Maya and Aztec? Show anyone on this planet a drawing of a dragon and they will recognize it. Perhaps dinosaurs lived a little longer than we know............................

[LadyDoc]

dragons in China are “good” and symbolize the protection of the emperor. They look like a snake and are usually red.
Dragons in Europe resemble a Komodo dragon or flying lizard.

or Maybe it is folk remembrance of alligators.

And then there are a variation in Greek mythology where they don't have wings.

as for unicorns: apparently they came from southern Siberia, where the ancestors of Europeans and Chinese and Amerindians lived at one point if one believes the DNA studies (which of course change every week).

One of my favorite sci fi stories is when a “capitalist” green dragon from wales was discovered, as was a red one from Communist China, and some rich guy bought them both to televise a fight between them. Instead, the dragons mated...