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Did Pollen Allergies Cause Woolly Mammoths’ Extinction? New Study Proposes a Surprising Theory

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A new study proposes a surprising theory that pollen allergies may have contributed to the extinction of woolly mammoths. The researchers argue that an increase in pollen during the post-Ice Age period could have affected the animals’ ability to communicate and reproduce. This inability to breed, combined with environmental changes and human activities, may have led t…A new study proposes a surprising theory that pollen allergies may have contributed to the extinction of woolly mammoths. The researchers argue that an increase in pollen during the post-Ice Age period could have affected the animals’ ability to communicate and reproduce. This inability to breed, combined with environmental changes and human activities, may have led t…