hunter-gatherer

as in hunter
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-gatherer The fact that hunter-gatherers built Poverty Point challenges conventional ideas about early civilizations. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025 Now, scientists say most of the mammoths used to build the site were female, which suggests the Ice Age hunter-gatherers were hunting or scavenging from herds, rather than trapping lone males. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025 But the new findings add to the growing picture of how Ice Age hunter-gatherers behaved—and survived—amid challenging weather conditions and frigid temperatures. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025 One acre of land was capable of producing a hundred times more food than hunter-gatherers could provide. John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer
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  • Yet beyond the plot twist of watching the hunter become the hunted (at least in terms of market capitalization), there’s a profound lesson here about the future of the luxury market in an increasingly challenging environment.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Claude is a storied hunter, with four Royal Slams and eight Grand Slams to his name, according to his daughter’s Facebook post.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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