Over the centuries, there have been many creative solutions to the problem of hair. Big, small, simple or complex, and even none at all — humans have been trying to figure out what to do with hair since there were humans. The Atlantic hits a several of the high points of the history of hair.
In 1972, computer scientist Ed Catmull revolutionized the film industry with this groundbreaking rendering of his left hand. Pieces from A Computer Animated Hand was later used in the movie Futureworld and is one of the earliest examples of computer animation. Catmull later went on to found a little company called Pixar and currently hails as president of both Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios.