hunter-gatherer

hunter-gatherer (-gat̸h′ər ər)

noun

Anthrop. a member of a culture that supplies its food by hunting game and gathering berries, roots, etc. rather than by raising crops or livestock

Converse of subject

populate: Europe at this time was populated by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers.

Adjective modifier

Mesolithic: Mesolithic hunter-gatherers may have traveled to the Dales from coastal camps.
nomadic: The first people to move back into the region were nomadic Hunter-Gatherers.
prehistoric: Early history Evidence of flint tools shows some use of the Sherwood area by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Paleolithic: Paleolithic hunter-gatherers do not appear to have come to Scilly and the evidence for the Mesolithic is scarce.
complex: The near absence of any mention of complex hunter-gatherers suggests that Mesolithic archeology's enthusiasm for this topic is waning.
modern: Modern hunter-gatherers like Native Australians " work " less than four hours a day.

Modifies a noun

ancestor: These processes - in the matrix of the womb - are evolutionary echoes of mechanisms which allowed our hunter-gatherer ancestors to survive.
lifestyle: If you think you can survive living a hunter-gatherer lifestyle in the African Desert, then get in touch.
society: A socialist society, like hunter-gatherer society, would be able to bring out the best in human nature.
culture: CULTURAL HERITAGE A series of different hunter-gatherer cultures have occupied the area continuously from about 7,000 years ago up to the present.
band: Imagine a hunter-gatherer band containing six hunters, who all go hunting independently.
group: The area was inhabited by hunter-gatherer groups, similar to those of plains groups to the south.

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