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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-gatherer
The study ultimately reinforces the pivotal relationship between agrarian societies and dogs, despite dog domestication usually being associated with hunter-gatherer groups.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
For most of human history, women were hauling gear, tracking prey, and walking eight to 10 miles a day —often while pregnant, menstruating, nursing or carrying children (one estimate found that hunter-gatherer women covered more than 3,000 miles in a child’s first four years of life).
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
The study doesn't, however, prove causation – but this link adds to the growing body of evidence that such bitter taste receptors have more complex biological impacts than simply helping hunter-gatherer humans avoid potential plant toxins.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 15 June 2025
Primal humans lived as hunter-gatherers, usually traveling from place to place.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
For most of human history, women were hauling gear, tracking prey, and walking eight to 10 miles a day —often while pregnant, menstruating, nursing or carrying children (one estimate found that hunter-gatherer women covered more than 3,000 miles in a child’s first four years of life).
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
The study doesn't, however, prove causation – but this link adds to the growing body of evidence that such bitter taste receptors have more complex biological impacts than simply helping hunter-gatherer humans avoid potential plant toxins.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 15 June 2025
Primal humans lived as hunter-gatherers, usually traveling from place to place.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherer
hunter
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However, its initial observations have also highlighted its credentials as an asteroid hunter.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
30 June 2025
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Florida’s native flamingo population, thought to be in the thousands, was wiped out in the early 1900s by hunters seeking the birds’ feathers and meat.—
Roger Simmons,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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