The Origins of Shaving: Before the Metal Razor
Explore the origins of shaving and how sharp stone and flint may have allowed prehistoric humans to remove hair long before the first metal razors.

Explore the origins of shaving and how sharp stone and flint may have allowed prehistoric humans to remove hair long before the first metal razors.

Discover the origins of combs, from prehistoric toothed tools to ancient bone and ivory combs that reveal the beginnings of organised human hair care.

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.