hunter-gatherer

[ huhn-ter-gath-er-er ]

noun

, Anthropology.

1. a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild.

hunter-gatherer

adjective

1. (of a society, lifestyle, etc) surviving by hunting animals and gathering plants for subsistence

noun

1. a member of such a society

Example Sentences

Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible plants and care for babies by the tender age of six or seven.

From Science Daily

"The seasonal nature of a pumpkin spice latte hacks into the hunter-gatherer parts of our psychology," said Alice.

From BBC

Indeed, for two reasons, women must have been the first spiritual leaders for hunter-gatherer bands and early agricultural settlements.

From Salon

This paradox forced a trade-off for the hunter-gatherers: burn calories searching for food or conserve calories by staying home.

From Salon

It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic transition.

From Science Daily