hunter-gatherer
noun
hunt·er-gath·er·er
ˈhən-tər-ˈga-t͟hər-ər 
: a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry
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This period is known for the rise of pottery cultures, the apex of the hunter-gatherer culture, and an emerging preference for permanent settlements toward its end.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
This paradox forced a trade-off for the hunter-gatherers: burn calories searching for food or conserve calories by staying home.
—Stephen Wooding, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
My gut feeling is this would have been a great location for historic hunter-gatherers.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2024
Over a millennium ago, an ancient society of hunter-gatherers in Argentina’s Patagonia region buried one of its members in a small cemetery.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Human civilization, the proposal explained, had begun with hunter-gatherers, passed through the agrarian and industrial stages, and was fast approaching the end of the information age.
—Susumu Noda, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2024
Foxes were once humans’ best friends, study says Scientists believe this extinct fox species may have been domesticated 1,500 years ago by hunter-gatherers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
But the latest research suggests that the hunter-gatherers' DNA was almost entirely erased.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
These immigrant farmers likely mixed with the Indigenous hunter-gatherer population.
—Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
This paradox forced a trade-off for the hunter-gatherers: burn calories searching for food or conserve calories by staying home.
—Stephen Wooding, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
My gut feeling is this would have been a great location for historic hunter-gatherers.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2024
Over a millennium ago, an ancient society of hunter-gatherers in Argentina’s Patagonia region buried one of its members in a small cemetery.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Human civilization, the proposal explained, had begun with hunter-gatherers, passed through the agrarian and industrial stages, and was fast approaching the end of the information age.
—Susumu Noda, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2024
Foxes were once humans’ best friends, study says Scientists believe this extinct fox species may have been domesticated 1,500 years ago by hunter-gatherers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
But the latest research suggests that the hunter-gatherers' DNA was almost entirely erased.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
These immigrant farmers likely mixed with the Indigenous hunter-gatherer population.
—Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
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