# Ears and Noses.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-and-noses/717162>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-and-noses/717162 "2015-04-08T21:58:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pdunderhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-and-noses/717162/1 "2015-04-08T21:58:17Z")

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Hello good people,

One of the oldest mis/conceptions is that we all subconsciously judge another’s age by using the relative size of their ears and nose relative to their face and presumably a ‘norm’ template. Pity Norm.

The rationale being that cartilage continues developing throughout life whilst bone growth peaks in the late teens.

All ignorance fought appreciated.

Peter