The true horror of Frankenstein was his BRIDE: Mankind would have gone extinct if the fictional scientist had also created a female monster

• Dartmouth researchers looked at the choices made by Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel


• They found Frankenstein's decision not to create a bride for his monster saved humanity


• If the monster had mated with another, humans would've become extinct within 4,000 years, the study claims