Prehistoric metrosexuals

Some of these "prehistoric males" are roaming our earth - even today! They frequently can be seen with their caps on backwards. Must be a throw-back thing.

Prehistoric metrosexuals

Scientists examining prehistoric bodies found in the peat bogs of Ireland have discovered evidence of male grooming.

One of the bodies, dug up in 2003 at Clonycavan, near Dublin, had mohawk-style hair, held in place with a gel substance, reports The Times.

The other, unearthed three months later 25 miles away in Oldcroghan, had carefully manicured fingernails.

The findings on the bodies, which are 2,300 years old, suggest that despite living in the Iron Age, ancient man had some modern concerns.

"The message I'm getting is that although they were living in a different time, a different culture, eating different things and living in a different way, people are people - they're the same in their thinking," said Rolly Read, head of conservation at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

The hair gel used by the men was made of plant oil and pine resin imported from southern France or Spain, showing trade between Ireland and southern Europe was already taking place.