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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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.
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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
This advanced civilization then transferred knowledge to our hunter-gatherer ancestors before disappearing without a trace.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
These ills barely plague the few remaining hunter-gatherer groups, such as the Hadza living in and around northern Tanzania’s Great Rift Valley, who live ALAN-free and are believed to be one of the best living representatives of ancestral human lifestyles.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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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
This advanced civilization then transferred knowledge to our hunter-gatherer ancestors before disappearing without a trace.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
These ills barely plague the few remaining hunter-gatherer groups, such as the Hadza living in and around northern Tanzania’s Great Rift Valley, who live ALAN-free and are believed to be one of the best living representatives of ancestral human lifestyles.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 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 28 Dec. 2025.
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