HUNTER-GATHERER Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

hunter-gatherer

noun

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 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites Created 'Multisensory Experience' For Hunter-Gatherers By Aristos Georgiou Science and Health Reporter 1 A study of 780,000-year-old food remains has shed light on the diets of prehistoric human hunter-gatherers. —

Newsweek, 8 Jan. 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 The cave art sheds light on the artistic ability and communication between hunter-gatherers during the middle Holocene period. —

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024 Roughly 4,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in Central America built a network of canals and ponds to trap fish. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer

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