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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hunter
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  • This anthology film tells of three fierce human warriors – a vengeful Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan and an Allied pilot in World War II – who face off against a deadly alien hunter with otherworldly weaponry and a mean streak.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • The hunter and jumper season will continue at HITS Del Mar with the Del Mar Sunshine Classic on July 9.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025

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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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