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Abstract
Combs have been some of the typical household objects across the world, they had evolved since prehistoric time since when they were used to represent social status of individuals, and now being used as a shared object for hair maintenance by many people across the world. In the past, they were made from animals’ parts such as ivory, and bones and even tortoise shells. Some of their handles depicted some animals and also animal parts. In today society combs are used as a way of maintaining the hairstyle and not social status as compared to in the past. Some of the combs today have been made from recycled materials such and, wood plastics, and alloys. Their designs were almost the same across the world. Electric and laser combs have been developed, recently which are also used to maintain hairstyle quality, and treatment. These developments have shown that cobs have undergone a lot of evolution since the time till date when the look so advanced.
Keywords; comb, hair, evolution.

Comb
It is a household object which has a shaft, which is usually more extensive than it is long, and it comprises a row of teeth which is used to pull the hair, to untangle it, clean or even style it. It has been in use by human since the prehistoric times. During the ancient time, combs were carved out by Egyptians. In some cultures, combs were worn which showed individual social status. With time combs have become advanced, and they are now used for hair maintenance purposes (Ashby, 2007).

In the modern world today they exist combs which depend on the individual hair length, type or texture. In the past combs represented a specific culture, but for now, it represents an object of purpose.
During the prehistoric times, combs were crafted from ivory and tortoise shells, some were made from the animal bones, and they were mostly used to depict individual status, but not specifically for maintaining hairstyle. Some of the earlier combs were in the form of a pick, and the symbols which were used as handles depicted some animals or some parts of animals, some even showed some religious and power connection.
In the modern times, there have been wooden, plastic and metallic combs. They have been crafted from recycled and new materials. Some of the pieces of stuff which are being used to craft combs recently are, titanium alloys, brass, exotic and acrylic wood, and plastics. Lately, there has been the development of electric hot combs, and also laser combs which are used for hair maintenance (Tuohy, 1995). They also represent individual social status since those who can afford these can only access them. This developments of combs till today, cannot make some people believe that the comb has had such a long history of events.

References
Ashby, S. (2007). Bone and antler combs. Datasheets of the Finds Research Group.
Tuohy, C. (1995). Prehistoric combs of antler and bone (Doctoral dissertation, University of Exeter).