GROWTH OF EARS
— 4»'" 1 AFTER MIDDLE AGE. , It is slated try experts .that the ears continue to grow in the later decades of life. Many old people have ears considerably larger titan those of the middie-aged. A. woman' who has small shell-like ears at twenty years of age will be likely.to.possess medium-sized' ear? at forty years, and possibly larger ones at sixty. Why ears should go oil growing all one’s life is a mystery. The shape of the ear will be handed down, so to speak, from father to son for generation after generation with comparatively little modification. Some authorities assert that criminals are apt to possess a peculiar kind of oar, which is recognisable by experts in such matters. Few people have a pair of cars perfectly matched; in most people the two differ not only in shape, but also in size. The age of a person may be judged ■ with great, accuracy. by the cars, which, after youth is past, assume an in. em&bg ,harshness of contour.
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Evening Star, Issue 20052, 18 December 1928, Page 7
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170GROWTH OF EARS Evening Star, Issue 20052, 18 December 1928, Page 7
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