preagricultural
adjective
pre·ag·ri·cul·tur·al
ˌprē-ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl 
variants
or pre-agricultural
: existing or occurring before the practice of agriculture
preagricultural times
a preagricultural hunter-gatherer society
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The consumer obsession with preindustrial (or, in some instances, preagricultural) food gathering is complicated by the question at the heart of Feasting Wild: Were there ever wild foods to begin with?
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Outside Online, 24 May 2020
The communities of bacteria in the mouths of preagricultural humans and Neanderthals strongly resembled each other, the team reports today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
—Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 10 May 2021
Outside Online, 24 May 2020
The communities of bacteria in the mouths of preagricultural humans and Neanderthals strongly resembled each other, the team reports today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
—Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 10 May 2021
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“Preagricultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preagricultural. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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