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hunter-gatherer
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hunt·er-gath·er·er (hntr-gr-r)
n.
A member of a people subsisting in the wild on food obtained by hunting and foraging.

hunter-gatherer Anthropol
adj
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (of a society, lifestyle, etc.) surviving by hunting animals and gathering plants for subsistence
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a member of such a society
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Noun1.hunter-gatherer - a member of a hunting and gathering societyhunter-gatherer - a member of a hunting and gathering society
hunting and gathering society, hunting and gathering tribe - group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic
barbarian, savage - a member of an uncivilized people
Translations
hunter-gatherer
nJäger und Sammler m; they were hunters-gathererssie waren Jäger und Sammler


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We will once again, as hunters and gatherers, become acutely aware of our total dependence on nature.
quot; --Etienne de La Boetie, 1548 "Discourse on Voluntary Servitude" There are too many advantages to industrialized society to revert back to hunters and gatherers.
This finding provides clues as to social organization and structures in these early groups of hunters and gatherers," he said.
 
 
 
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