Why did we set 18 as the age of majority?

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I’m not asking this from a biology lens, I get that aspect, but more from the sociology/anthropology lens. My question is which culture started using 18 as this hard cutoff, when, and under what reasoning.

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not every society does.

in the usa it was changed from 21 to 18, largely because of voting and military draft. at age 18 most students are graduating high school which means they are educated to base/minimum national standards for navigating life

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