8000-2052 BC The dawn of humanity is no excuse for bad hair. Hairdressing joins body painting and tattoos among the pre-historic grooming arts. 10,000 years later, hairpins and ornaments survive to prove the New Stone Age had style. To ensure a stylish afterlife, Old Kingdom Egyptians bury hairpins and combs with their dead. During this lifetime, Egyptians keep their hair short for cleanliness and comfort. Nile style features the wig, ideally made of human hair but passable in horsehair, wool, palm-leaf fibers and even straw. Commoners wear theirs short, with curls to hide the forehead, ears and nape of the neck. Nobles drape their wigs to the shoulders and beyond.