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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Per a project summary, the team discovered caves filled with paintings and traces of hunter-gatherer settlements.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
The study’s authors believe their findings can help kick off thoughtful reexaminations of Europe’s last hunter-gatherer societies, as well as their influence on the natural world around them.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2025
Dogs evolved from gray wolves (Canis lupus) that began living near human hunter-gatherer settlements at least 15,000 years ago—long before agriculture became a thing.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The technology has certainly come a long way from when Inuit hunter-gatherers used to wear caribou antlers carved with thin slits in order to prevent snow blindness.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
The study’s authors believe their findings can help kick off thoughtful reexaminations of Europe’s last hunter-gatherer societies, as well as their influence on the natural world around them.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2025
Dogs evolved from gray wolves (Canis lupus) that began living near human hunter-gatherer settlements at least 15,000 years ago—long before agriculture became a thing.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The technology has certainly come a long way from when Inuit hunter-gatherers used to wear caribou antlers carved with thin slits in order to prevent snow blindness.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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