hunter-gatherer
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Vocabulary lists containing hunter-gatherer
The Stone Age - Middle School and High School
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This widened the focus to further sites around the Lower Rhine–Meuse area – wetlands and coastal areas as well as rivers – spanning the late hunter-gatherer cultures to the bronze age.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
"Modern hunter-gatherer groups often see caves as a gateway into the spirit world, and this may be why we see so many caves used for burial by Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in northern Europe."
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
It is a stark illustration of how one of the world’s last hunter-gatherer societies is being absorbed into the modern world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Because well-preserved hunter-gatherer graves are rare, large-scale studies of family relationships in these communities are uncommon.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026
That fate befell African pygmies and many other hunter-gatherer populations displaced by farmers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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