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People do seem to have aged more rapidly until a few decades ago. Perhaps all the cigarette smoke weathered them.
Vsauce did a video on this. it's cultural context. eg wearing clothes that old people wear makes you look older. a dude in like 1920 was wearing a tshirt and aviators and ppl thought he was a time traveler
Are the winkled forehead, crows feet around the eyes, and full-on retreating hairline part of his clothes?
It's very dependent on style also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqt8T3tJIE
Also probably time spent in the sun.
And the whiskey!
And the cigarettes.
And the leaded gas
And my axe!
There it is…
The Axe effect.
I really had to think about this, cause our gas never had lead in…the petrol did though.
Don't forget the leaded paint and asbestos.
Don't worry ... the layers of lead paint protected them from the asbestos underneath