EARLY GROOMING
Before scissors were invented, people cut their hair using knives instead. The first scissors emerged around 1500 BC in Egypt, but they weren’t invented for this purpose. Instead they served as and looked more like small shears made
Dear HIW,
When were combs and scissors invented for people to keep their hair tidy? And how did primitive men keep their moustaches in order before they had them? It would surely be a nightmare eating with an untrimmed moustache. Stephen from a single piece of metal. It was only later, when the Romans designed tools more like today’s scissors, that they were used for cutting hair. Earlier humans, such as those alive during the Stone Age, were experts at crafting sharp tools, such as flints, from stone. There’s also evidence of early humans growing their hair long and braiding it.