MA sent me this link last week. It is a fascinating collection of gifs showing people when they were young adults and then again when they were over 100 years old. Just as with this collection of photos, I noticed last weekend that with some of my former high school classmates, some were easily recognizable, but others (like me) have changed considerably.
From the article,
Here is my high school graduation photo followed by a recent headshot.Unlike bones and muscle, our ears, nose and feet continue to grow as we get older.
The ears are made up of cartilage, a flexible connective tissue which, unlike bones, continues to grow until we die.
Cartilage also becomes thinner with age, causing the skin to stretch and sag, so the ears stretch down and the tip of the nose lengthens and droops.
Meanwhile, our feet become longer and wider with age, as the tendons and ligaments that link the many tiny bones lose elasticity.