What is a Hunter-Gatherer?
A Hunter-gatherer was a person that survived by hunting wild animals and gathered wild plants and other foods and resources in order to survive. These people were usually nomadic because they had to follow food and other resources around as they moved or ran out in the place that they lived.
Where and When Did they Live?
At one time hunter-gatherers lived all over the planet. Homo Sapiens, our species, began in Africa and spread to every continent except Antarctica. People stopped hunting and gathering after they adopted a farming life. Different people adopted farming at different times all over the world. Some people refused to give up the hunting and gathering life for many years even after their neighbors became farmers. Even to this day a few isolated tribes continue the hunting and gathering way of life!
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