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 don’t know. If you look at the casts of “Golden Girls” and “And Just Like That,” it is beyond the dated hairstyles and clothes. The former just looks a lot older, despite being the same age.