What does hunters gathers mean?

Answer 1

Their only source of food was hunting and gathering, thus the term.

Answer 2

That those people subsisted on the produce they hunted and gathering produce growing wild, as opposed to settled people who raised their own food animals and planted and harvested crops.

Answer 3

Their only source of food was hunting and gathering, thus the term.

Answer 4

Prior to modern man; there were only two types of people: Hunters and Farmers (or "Gatherers"). Since the "Farmers" didn't really "farm" since it was unknown, they "gathered" food such as berries, nuts, etc. After time...the "gatherers" began to grow their own...or BECOME FARMERS. Therefore, the term "hunter gatherer" is just short for "hunters and gatherers." As usual, people just get lazy and don't want to have to say all those words.

Answer 5

That those people subsisted on the produce they hunted and gathering produce growing wild, as opposed to settled people who raised their own food animals and planted and harvested crops.