The idea of unicorns roaming alongside humans sounds like something from a fairy tale.
But a "Siberian unicorn" may in fact have lived alongside our ancestors, according to a study.
Until now the shaggy, 6ft-tall creature, which looked more like a rhino than a horse, was believed to have become extinct 350,000 years ago.
But the discovery of a well-preserved skull in Kazakhstan has provided evidence to suggest the mammals died just 29,000 years ago - meaning they may have lived alongside humans.
Although the creatures' large horns afforded them their mythical name, at around 4 tons (3628kgs), the Elasmotherium sibiricum was closer in appearance to a woolly mammoth, the American Journal of Applied Science reports.
Andrei Shpanski, a paleontologist at Tomsk State University in Russia, told Phys.org: "Most likely, the south of Western Siberia was a refuge, where this rhino persevered the longest.'
Researchers are now looking into how these creatures managed to outlive others of their kind.
Researchers are now looking into how these creatures managed to outlive others of their kind.
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