foraging
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This would be followed by a “substitution” phase where farming develops alongside foraging in the hunter-gatherer area, and eventually a “consolidation” phase, when farming predominates.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
With the decline of logging and cannabis, they see tourism driven by ultramarathons, mushroom foraging and other outdoor activities as a financial savior.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
We are told more than a dozen times, in nearly identical language, that the transitions from foraging to farming, and from farming to civilization, were “not inevitable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
It also recorded bumblebee visits to investigate the impacts of heatwaves on foraging behaviour.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
It had been his greatest worry—how Crane-man would eat while he was away Of course, his friend could always go back to rifling rubbish heaps and foraging in the woods.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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