Fact-Checking a Fossil Fairy Tale: What the Magdeburg Unicorn Really Was
It began as a miracle in bone: a long, straight horn, a hulking spine, and the promise that myth could be real. In early modern Europe, collectors craved wonders, and the so-called Magdeburg Unicorn delivered a spectacle – part science, part stagecraft. But the fossil fairy tale unraveled as researchers learned to read the deep ...
