how come adults don’t look as ‘mature’ as they used to? I’m told it’s ‘neoteny’ but that answers nothing.

Question

As a millennial, I recognize that us 90’s kids just look like very tall teenagers, where as people our age back 30 to 40 years ago actually LOOKED like they were in their 20’s. Why is this?

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Answer 1

I am a firm believer that your dental health makes a huge difference (along with all the other things presented here). My parents and in-laws all had terrible teeth and I think that when I look at photos of adults in the 1950’s or 60’s Anyone born in the in the US in the 60’s or later probably/hopefully had much more and better dental care and it shows in how different we look than our elders at the same age.