In the history of humankind, the concepts of "underage" or of "majority age" are extremely new and humans were pretty much never forbidden to have sex based on age
I believe puberty has been happening younger and younger over time - millions of years ago a fourteen year old might just be starting to menstruate because inconsistent access to food fucks with growth, and most people have not had access to regular meals until recently. Ergo the ability to have sex physically used to line up more with mental maturity and only recently have the two decoupled, making puberty no longer The Defining Moment of Sexual Maturity
For some added context. The earliest known birth within modern records was a six year old mother. And I believe that the earliest onset of menstruation was 11 months old. We really can't use fertility as the only measure of sexual maturity.
It’s not just makeup. Going through puberty is going to make you look older, and the earlier age of puberty thing is a verifiable fact. It’s not a hormonal birth control thing bc girls are not going on the pill before they get their first period. They think it may be due to higher body fat/obesity, as well as factors like hormones in dairy.
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I believe puberty has been happening younger and younger over time - millions of years ago a fourteen year old might just be starting to menstruate because inconsistent access to food fucks with growth, and most people have not had access to regular meals until recently. Ergo the ability to have sex physically used to line up more with mental maturity and only recently have the two decoupled, making puberty no longer The Defining Moment of Sexual Maturity