Analysis Of Over 100 Years Of Yearbook Photos Shows Smiles Have Gotten Bigger

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A team at the University of California, Berkeley analyzed about a hundred years’ worth of yearbook photos and learned people are smiling more these days.

Yearbooks can certainly hold a wealth of personal memories, but they also offer great insights into how society’s likes and norms have changed over the decades. 

A team at the University of California, Berkeley analyzed about a hundred years’ worth of the often static and sometimes awkward student photos and came up with some rather interesting results. 
One of the more noticeable changes is people today are