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hunter-gatherers

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  • noun Plural form of hunter-gatherer.

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  • In a famous essay, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins called hunter-gatherers “the original affluent society” because the simplicity of their material wants, needs and diet left them with so much leisure time on their hands.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • In a famous essay, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins called hunter-gatherers “the original affluent society” because the simplicity of their material wants, needs and diet left them with so much leisure time on their hands.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • In a famous essay, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins called hunter-gatherers “the original affluent society” because the simplicity of their material wants, needs and diet left them with so much leisure time on their hands.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Up until their early adulthood, they were hunter-gatherers.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • The original people, the first hunter-gatherers, say that it all comes down to hunting, cooking, and eating, which get you ready to make love.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • But there are still a few of us who, recognizing our inner state of brokenness and permanent feeling of inadequacy, want to stop being hunter-gatherers -- impressing the world with our flashy possessions -- and instead light up the world with the luminescence of our souls.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anthony Weiner and Why Powerful Men Self-Destruct Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • He also studied the emergence of agriculture, a classic problem for researchers examining why people stopped being hunter-gatherers.

    Archaeologist Dug Beyond Artifacts Stephen Miller 2011

  • He later did fieldwork with hunter-gatherers in Australia and northwest Alaska, where Eskimos taught him to butcher caribou according to their traditions.

    Archaeologist Dug Beyond Artifacts Stephen Miller 2011

  • Trade is much older than farming: Australian aborigines used to trade stone axes for sting-ray barbs over long distances, showing that hunter-gatherers can benefit from exchange.

    For Democracy, Bet on Peas Over Pineapples Matt Ridley 2011

  • But there are still a few of us who, recognizing our inner state of brokenness and permanent feeling of inadequacy, want to stop being hunter-gatherers -- impressing the world with our flashy possessions -- and instead light up the world with the luminescence of our souls.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anthony Weiner and Why Powerful Men Self-Destruct Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

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