hunter-gatherer
noun
hunt·er-gath·er·er
ˈhən-tər-ˈga-t͟hər-ər 
: a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry
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The results revealed that a previously unknown population of hunter-gatherers had appeared in the Bogotá Altiplano by around 6,000 years ago, and had disappeared by around 2,000 years ago.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2025
Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been particularly interested in sperm whale skeletons, because the creatures are the only toothed species of the group, featuring long, straight jaw bones—perfect for crafting hunting tools, the researchers write in the paper.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
Modern Europeans descend from three main ancestral populations: hunter-gatherers who colonized the continent by around 40,000 years ago, early farmers from Anatolia who came into Europe about 8,500 years ago, and pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe who arrived around 5,000 years ago.
—Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Per a project summary, the team discovered caves filled with paintings and traces of hunter-gatherer settlements.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2025
Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been particularly interested in sperm whale skeletons, because the creatures are the only toothed species of the group, featuring long, straight jaw bones—perfect for crafting hunting tools, the researchers write in the paper.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
Modern Europeans descend from three main ancestral populations: hunter-gatherers who colonized the continent by around 40,000 years ago, early farmers from Anatolia who came into Europe about 8,500 years ago, and pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe who arrived around 5,000 years ago.
—Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Per a project summary, the team discovered caves filled with paintings and traces of hunter-gatherer settlements.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer
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