SupraStar 3000 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I was wondering, why do beards keep growing and not stay at the optimum length. Or,... put another way,... think of your a stereotypical 'prehistoric man'. http://www.stayfitbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/cavemen-food-nutrition.jpg Has he long hair?,.... probably. Has he a long Gandalf style beard? NOPE!!! And why not,... we can't assume prehistoric man cut his own hair on his chin, but not on his head. SO why is he always depicted with long hair and ONLY heavy stubble and not a crazy long beard. If this is the state us men would get in without the occasional trim, why stop the length on prehistoric man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 How do you know how long prehistoric man's beard was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Maybe prehistoric man used sharp implements, like flint to cut the longer hair, as I'd imagine it would get all knotted and uncomfortable while untrimmed like that. Even tramps around now don't have very long beards, just the remains of the previous night's vomit in them. At least there's a snack in there just in case they get peckish between drinkipoos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 I dont know for sure. Maybe they did indeed have very long beards. So why isn't it shown in pictures??? Would imagine it would really hinder them when hunting and eating. Can you imagine a caveman throwing a spear at a wooly mammoth with a crazy long beard, cuz I can't. Why dont Aborigines have really long beards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 I dont think prehistoric man had 'Toni and guy's in those early days. Fire and flint was about as high tech as they got and I don't see them cutting beards with flint. That would hurt like hell. Maybe prehistoric man used sharp implements, like flint to cut the longer hair, as I'd imagine it would get all knotted and uncomfortable while untrimmed like that. Even tramps around now don't have very long beards, just the remains of the previous night's vomit in them. At least there's a snack in there just in case they get peckish between drinkipoos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Why does body hair only grow so much when head and facial hair keep growing? I'm sure it could be answered quickly with a Google, just throwing it out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Why does body hair only grow so much when head and facial hair keep growing? I'm sure it could be answered quickly with a Google, just throwing it out there. Throwing what out? Your hair? Get it cut young man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kill1308 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Cameras weren't particularly popular during the stone-age period, they were an expensive commodity that not many could afford.... so there's not many images of these people showing the extent of their face rugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I dont think prehistoric man had 'Toni and guy's in those early days. Fire and flint was about as high tech as they got and I don't see them cutting beards with flint. That would hurt like hell. I don't mean a close 3 bladed cut with foam and a warm flannel, maybe just when it got in the way. I couldn't imagine it hurting if it was supported in the hand on the chin side, and hacked through away from it. I can't believe I'm thinking so hard about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 So why haven't archaeologists found hair cutting flint tools and mountains of human hair in the corner of caves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 So why haven't archaeologists found hair cutting flint tools and mountains of human hair in the corner of caves? 'Cause they ate the hair for dinner in a stew and the tools were then used to murder their wives for making them cut their beards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 My electric shaver doesn't give as good a finish as this guys face. So how is he doing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 So why haven't archaeologists found hair cutting flint tools and mountains of human hair in the corner of caves? If sharpened flint could cut through flesh like a scalpel, then I'm sure it's sharp enough to cut hair. Any lump of it would do. I remember this manual shaver/hair trimmer thing my mum used when I was a kid that was basically a razor blade in a comb. A nasty thing it was, but it worked. I'm 5,000 years old by the way. Hair rots away quite quickly, so finding piles hair would be quite an unusual find, I'd thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 'Cause they ate the hair for dinner in a stew and the tools were then used to murder their wives for making them cut their beards. this is serious Josh. I can't continue enjoying christmas until I have a feasible answer. Aghhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 If sharpened flint could cut through flesh like a scalpel, then I'm sure it's sharp enough to cut hair. Any lump of it would do. I remember this manual shaver/hair trimmer thing my mum used when I was a kid that was basically a razor blade in a comb. A nasty thing it was, but it worked. I'm 5,000 years old by the way. Hair rots away quite quickly, so finding piles hair would be quite an unusual find, I'd thought. How painful is a snag when cutting stubble. (its like child birth ladies),.. I just can't imagine them cutting hair with flint. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 As this has gone to mainly cavemen. How did they cut their nails too, or did they just bite them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 As this has gone to mainly cavemen. How did they cut their nails too, or did they just bite them? The nails wore down naturally during day-to-day life mate. Like cats. And dolphins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Maybe we evolved to grow a long beard because we hadn't learned how to knit a scarf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 The nails wore down naturally during day-to-day life mate. Like cats. And dolphins. Maybe the hair wore down naturally, they spent a lot of time crawling around on the floor sniffing out squirrels and triceratopses, so the head hair would have been ground down to the same kind of length as the beard stubble, like just below the chin, kind of a scraggly bob with goatee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Actually, probably more like a mullet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Maybe prehistoric females were a lot rougher during the art of love making and perhaps gripped the facial hair, thus removing clumps each time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Everyones hair length is different. The guy with the extremely long beard is a bit of an anomoly, it's the same with girls with hair down past their feet. For the most part our hair will fall out much faster than the rate and length of time it takes to get to that length. It's only certain people who can grow hair to such lengths. Getting a beard to your chest takes years. Anyway, they probably burned them off during drinking games once fire was discovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 beards DO stop at a certain length, this is called your 'terminal beard length'. It varies from each person and as you get older it often increases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgeer Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 beards DO stop at a certain length, this is called your 'terminal beard length'. It varies from each person and as you get older it often increases. To be fair if anyone knows the truth about this, its going to be this man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 beards DO stop at a certain length, this is called your 'terminal beard length'. It varies from each person and as you get older it often increases. Sounds like a "Run what Beard you Brung" drag event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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