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[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

...I've taken to the interweb twice in the past couple of weeks as a result of reading the Commy thread to devine the differences between ear growth that would relate to the cell production rates of cartilage as one ages and ear size which can be a product of gravity. Apparently while the growth is almost imperceptible a short time after adolescence until much later in life - they do continue to grow throughout ones life. Not the entire ear - only certain parts btw. As for gravity - I can only speak to it anecdotally - but it all seems to be hanging lower..........

That is certainly all true. Any particular example is of course only anecdotal, but below left we have Fielder Jones 1901 (age 30), and right is Jones 1914 (age 43), at a slightly different angle. There is no perceptible difference and that is what I virtually always have seen thousands of times when comparing faces of the same man within the time span of ball playing age.