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a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals
a tribe of hunter-gatherers
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Recent Examples of hunter-gatherers
At that time, agriculture had not yet emerged, and humans lived as hunter-gatherers.
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
But the heart of the film is a lengthy stretch in Namibia, where, from within a community of San hunter-gatherers, Boyes enlists three trackers to accompany him on the long, difficult trek to Angola.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
For those who thought that hunter-gatherers were lost to the pages of history, think again.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
The authors of the new, groundbreaking study noted that the discovery changed their perspective on these early hunter-gatherers in Africa, as a group that demonstrated cohesion, as the site appeared to hold significance as a permanent location where individuals were laid to rest.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
Here was a human elbow joint, burned and fractured, preserved in sediments full of debris from the daily lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
In the sixth episode, Smith and San Bushman guide Kane Motswana go hunting with members of a San village, Indigenous hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa, who live in the Kalahari Desert.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
Either way, these ancient humans were skilled foragers and hunter-gatherers who lived in small groups of perhaps a dozen people and only rarely crossed paths with other bands.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
But the heart of the film is a lengthy stretch in Namibia, where, from within a community of San hunter-gatherers, Boyes enlists three trackers to accompany him on the long, difficult trek to Angola.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
For those who thought that hunter-gatherers were lost to the pages of history, think again.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
The authors of the new, groundbreaking study noted that the discovery changed their perspective on these early hunter-gatherers in Africa, as a group that demonstrated cohesion, as the site appeared to hold significance as a permanent location where individuals were laid to rest.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
Here was a human elbow joint, burned and fractured, preserved in sediments full of debris from the daily lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
In the sixth episode, Smith and San Bushman guide Kane Motswana go hunting with members of a San village, Indigenous hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa, who live in the Kalahari Desert.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
Either way, these ancient humans were skilled foragers and hunter-gatherers who lived in small groups of perhaps a dozen people and only rarely crossed paths with other bands.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherers
Noun
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Deer hunters found her bludgeoned body, Sillitoe said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Best Amazon Spring Deals Under $25 Bargain hunters, don’t fret.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Hunter-gatherers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherers. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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