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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In some ways, tracking’s revival began in the 1980s, when a South African physics student named Louis Liebenberg abandoned his studies, bought a Land Cruiser and drove into the Kalahari Desert to commune with the San, a group of hunter-gatherers that includes the Ju/’hoansi.
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Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Desperate to save her daughter, Bea enters into a volunteer study to live as a hunter-gatherer in the Wilderness State.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Early hunter-gatherers had multiple gene copies, but early European farmers saw a surge in the average number of AMY1 copies over the past 4,000 years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
These ancient hunter-gatherers also depended on the cenotes as a water source, and probably for shelter as well.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
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Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Desperate to save her daughter, Bea enters into a volunteer study to live as a hunter-gatherer in the Wilderness State.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Early hunter-gatherers had multiple gene copies, but early European farmers saw a surge in the average number of AMY1 copies over the past 4,000 years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
These ancient hunter-gatherers also depended on the cenotes as a water source, and probably for shelter as well.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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