re: Why did people in the 60-70s look like they were in their 40s in their 20s?

Heavy smokers

Realistically because they were in the sun way more than we are now, from childhood to adulthood. Makes you look older

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Men had testosterone back then. They didn't buy facial creams from Ulta or use color in the hair.

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And women used Ponds Cold cream not Botox and fillers. Maturing wasn't something people feared back then. Elders were respected. We are living in a time of perpetual adolescence. The smoking and other things are all valid but if you took those same people and applied all the youth chasing measures folks use today they would've looked younger too.

My late father-in-law was born in 26 and at age 16 he lied about his age and joined the U.S. Navy in 42 and his picture from that time looks like a guy in his mid 20's.

There was a family picture of him, his 10 other siblings, mom and dad and it looked like a family scene similar to the painting "American Gothic" with not a single smile to be had by any of them.

Life was harder when you had to go outside to do things

Because Testosterone levels have plummeted to an all time low.

Smoking, no sunscreen,

Did I see a young Steve Earle wearing the black hoodie?

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had one grandfather who smoked and my other grandparents didn’t smoke. They all looked the same.

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Everyone was constantly exposed to second hand smoke when in public until the early 80s. People even smoked in hospitals. Teachers smoked in the classroom.

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Andy Griffith and Don Knots were 34 and 36 ... and didn't look a day under 50.

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Wow. Did not know that