The First Haircut: How Prehistoric Humans Cut Their Hair
Thousands of years before scissors and metal razors, humans already possessed edges sharp enough to cut hair. Discover what archaeology can – and cannot – tell us about the first haircut.
Part one of History for Hairdressers. Sixteen chapters on what archaeology can and cannot tell us about hair care before written history: the first haircuts, tools, combs, braiding, ornaments, pigments and the earliest evidence of hair styling in human art.

Thousands of years before scissors and metal razors, humans already possessed edges sharp enough to cut hair. Discover what archaeology can – and cannot – tell us about the first haircut.

Long before salons, scissors and professional hairdressers, humans were already managing and transforming their hair. Archaeology offers fascinating – but fragmentary – clues to the prehistoric origins of hair care.