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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
Neumark-Nord was used by Neanderthals, categorized as hunter-gatherers that could weigh between 110 and 176 pounds, researchers said.
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Irene Wright
july 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
Researchers have also found the remains of poles, which suggests the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers were setting up camps.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
In contrast to humans, who evolved in hunter-gatherer groups, orangutans come from a more solitary lineage.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
These fatty acids are essential for cell membranes, particularly in the brain, and hunter-gatherers obtained them easily from meat and seafood.
—Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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Irene Wright
july 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
Researchers have also found the remains of poles, which suggests the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers were setting up camps.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
In contrast to humans, who evolved in hunter-gatherer groups, orangutans come from a more solitary lineage.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
These fatty acids are essential for cell membranes, particularly in the brain, and hunter-gatherers obtained them easily from meat and seafood.
—Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherer
hunter
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The game will start with a new setting, with vault hunters leaving previous installments setting of Pandora for the all-new planet of Kairos, and will confront a villain called The Timekeeper.—
Jonathan Zavaleta,
Rolling Stone,
25 July 2025
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Then, in one of the boldest gut punches in children's cinema, Disney yanks the rug out from under its audience with an offscreen tragedy: Bambi's mother is gunned down by an unseen hunter, making this the studio's first foray in introducing young viewers to parental loss.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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