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Hunting and gathering

Peoples who forage or hunt for most or all of their foodA painting by Pierre Barrère of a Kalina hunter-gatherer couple in French GuianaCentral African foragers in the Congo Basin in August 2014A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community (or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle) in which most or all food is obtained by procuring naturally occurring edible items from the local wildlife and vegetation via hunting, fishing and/or gathering fruits, seeds and other plant parts (collectively known as vegetables) as well as edible fungi such as mushrooms.

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