How did paleolithic humans deal with long hair?

by samcobra

I'm growing out my hair for the first time in my life and I'm truly wondering how ancient people dealt with having long hair without things like hair ties etc. Seems like if not dealt with, long hair could really get in the way of hunting, etc. Do we have any ideas of how long hair was dealt with in the stone age?

jschooltiger

Hi there -- while we as moderators are happy to approve this question here, you may also want to ask it at our companion sub /r/AskAnthropology, as this practice predates history (that is, it starts occurring far before the written record). Thanks!

samcobra

I perused through the wiki and didn't really see any satisfactory answers to this.