Sentences with phrase «by nomadic hunters»

A huge cave system in southern Yucatan near the small town of Oxkutzcab, Loltun boasts impressive stalactites and stalagmites and was used as a refuge by nomadic hunters in prehistoric times and by the ancient Maya.

Evidence of the earliest processing of oats by nomadic hunter - gatherers suggests that Europeans ate cereals thousands of years before farming took off

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Partly, too, it's because nomadic hunter - gatherers have to keep their children spaced at four - year intervals by infanticide and other means, since a mother must carry her toddler until it's old enough to keep up with the adults.

It was found by a nomadic meteorite hunter in Morocco (hence «NWA,» for Northwest Africa) who sold it to a local dealer, who sold it to a major collector named Jay Piatek, who finally donated it to the institute.

Yet archaeologists know that nomadic hunter - gatherers likely lived there seasonally and possibly year - round by at least 10,000 years ago.

For much of human history, our ancestors were hunter - gatherers, mostly nomadic people who lived by hunting, fishing and harvesting wild food.