A hunter-gatherer is a member of a group that lives by hunting animals and looking for plants that can be eaten — fruit, nuts, roots — rather than by keeping animals for food or by growing crops. For most of the time humans have existed, this is how people got food.

A hunter-gatherer is a member of a group that lives by hunting animals and looking for plants that can be eatenhunter-gatherer指的是靠打獵動物、尋找可以吃的植物過活的族群裡的一員 — fruit, nuts, roots像水果、堅果、根莖類 — rather than by keeping animals for food or by growing crops而不是靠養動物取得食物，或種植作物。 For most of the time humans have existed, this is how people got food人類存在的大部分時間裡，都是這樣取得食物的

Later, some groups began to farm. People who study history and anthropology still use the term for that way of life, and for some communities that live mainly this way now.

Later, some groups began to farm後來有些族群開始務農。 People who study history and anthropology still use the term for that way of life研究歷史和人類學的人仍然用這個詞來稱呼那種生活方式, and for some communities that live mainly this way now也用來稱呼現在仍主要這樣生活的一些社群

Though actually, the tidy picture is tidier than life. Many such groups also fish, trade, or use some tools from outside. Magazines sometimes joke that a trip to the supermarket is “hunter-gatherer behaviour.” That joke only works because the real meaning is a whole way of getting food, not a weekend hobby.

Though actually不過其實, the tidy picture is tidier than life這個工整的說法比真實生活整齊多了。 Many such groups also fish, trade, or use some tools from outside很多這樣的族群也會捕魚、交易，或使用一些外來的工具。 Magazines sometimes joke that a trip to the supermarket is "hunter-gatherer behaviour."雜誌有時候會開玩笑說去逛超市就是「hunter-gatherer behaviour」（狩獵採集行為）。 That joke only works because the real meaning is a whole way of getting food, not a weekend hobby這個玩笑之所以成立，是因為它真正的意思是一整套取得食物的生活方式，而不是週末的休閒活動