hunter-gatherer
Americannoun
adjective
noun
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The Stone Age - Middle School and High School
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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
Back before California was settled by Europeans and others, the Miwok and Nisenan subsisted on a hunter-gatherer diet of acorns, venison, salmon, pine nuts, elderberries, and other berries and plants.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
That was probably useful in a hunter-gatherer society.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025
For the study, Hewlett and colleagues use observational and ethnographic data to examine nine different modes of cultural transmission, meaning from whom and how children learn, in hunter-gatherer societies.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
That rate is much higher than observed for hunter-gatherer populations but is easily attained by farmers: Kenya’s population is now growing at 4.5 percent per year.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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