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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On the ground, days are unhurried, with private game drives, foot tracking with Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and dinners staged in a different corner of the reserve each evening.
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Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
These inhabitants were eventually displaced by the hunter-gatherer Khoisan and later by Bantu-speaking peoples, with the Batoka tribe becoming dominant.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Physical spaces have always embodied what societies care about — from those first stone monuments that hunter-gatherers built to demonstrate loyalty to each other and to higher powers.
—Big Think, 1 May 2026
This arrangement mirrors modern hunter-gatherer camps, where people still gather to sleep around the fire.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
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Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
These inhabitants were eventually displaced by the hunter-gatherer Khoisan and later by Bantu-speaking peoples, with the Batoka tribe becoming dominant.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Physical spaces have always embodied what societies care about — from those first stone monuments that hunter-gatherers built to demonstrate loyalty to each other and to higher powers.
—Big Think, 1 May 2026
This arrangement mirrors modern hunter-gatherer camps, where people still gather to sleep around the fire.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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