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
