--- title: "17 Hunter Gatherer Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Hunter Gatherer quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Hunter Gatherer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/donald-o-donovan-22817_homelessness_i-m-living-the-life-of-an-urban-hunter-g_1960467.jpg" --- > [“I’m living the life of an urban hunter-gatherer—again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/i-m-living-the-life-of-an-urban-hunter-gatherer-again/) [Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/donald-o-donovan-22817_homelessness_i-m-living-the-life-of-an-urban-hunter-g_1960467.jpg) > [“hunter-gatherer ancestors consumed omega-6 and omega-3 fats in a ratio of roughly 1:1.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-perlmutter/hunter-gatherer-ancestors-consumed-omega-6-and-omega-3-fats-in-a/) [David Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perlmutter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/david-perlmutter-2461_hunter-gatherer_hunter-gatherer-ancestors-consumed-omega_2635769.png) > [People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-fisher/people-have-been-looking-for-love-potions-since-hunter-gatherer/) [Helen Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png) > [Civilisation is partly about restraining the male of the species from engaging in the violence of the hunter-gatherer period. But it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-ferguson/civilisation-is-partly-about-restraining-the-male-of-the-species-from/) [Niall Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-ferguson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/niall-ferguson-3627_about_civilisation-is-partly-about-restraining_2518187.jpg) > [“High school was ground zero for the Darwinian fittest. Clique Alpha to Clique Beta, and all the way down to Clique Omega,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becket/high-school-was-ground-zero-for-the-darwinian-fittest-clique-alpha-to-2/) [Becket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becket/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/becket-64392_ground-zero_high-school-was-ground-zero-for-the-darw_2612203.jpg) > [The flute is traditionally the property of the male side of matrilineal hunter-gatherer societies and was used as a means of communication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-carlos-nakai/the-flute-is-traditionally-the-property-of-the-male-side-of/) [R. Carlos Nakai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-carlos-nakai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/r-carlos-nakai-86797_communication_the-flute-is-traditionally-the-property_2426170.jpg) > [“A hunter-gatherer familly shares what it has, whether that is information or food. To give to others is to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-brody/a-hunter-gatherer-familly-shares-what-it-has-whether-that-is/) [Hugh Brody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-brody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/hugh-brody-103954_food_a-hunter-gatherer-familly-shares-what-it_3136202.jpg) > [“To be a great writer, you must be nomadic. I’d recommend the hunter/gatherer lifestyle for anybody serious about being nonsensical.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/to-be-a-great-writer-you-must-be-nomadic-i-d-recommend-the-hunter/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/jarod-kintz-2_nomadic_to-be-a-great-writer-you-must-be-nomadic_2372346.jpg) > [Pre-history tells us that our species used to be a hunter-gatherer society. This means that the job of raising a family was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-bruce-cameron/pre-history-tells-us-that-our-species-used-to-be-a-hunter-gatherer/) [W. Bruce Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-bruce-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/w-bruce-cameron-4604_community_pre-history-tells-us-that-our-species-us_2151845.png) > [Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveen-jain/once-humans-traded-their-hunter-gatherer-existences-for-more-settled/) [Naveen Jain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveen-jain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/naveen-jain-3569_adventure_once-humans-traded-their-hunter-gatherer_1702941.jpg) > [“Every morning before I left the house (IF I left, which I frequently didn’t), I would log online and fly around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felicia-day/every-morning-before-i-left-the-house-if-i-left-which-i-frequently/) [Felicia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felicia-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/felicia-day-4103_every-morning_every-morning-before-i-left-the-house-if_910688.jpg) > [It is not as if farming brought a great improvement in living standards either. A typical hunter-gatherer enjoyed a more varied diet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/it-is-not-as-if-farming-brought-a-great-improvement-in-living/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/bill-bryson-340_average_it-is-not-as-if-farming-brought-a-great_1175887.png) > [“(Most jobs I've had have been variations on hunter-gatherer and farmer. I was one of the first to say "Hey, if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-doucette/most-jobs-i-ve-had-have-been-variations-on-hunter-gatherer-and-farmer/) [Gene Doucette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-doucette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/gene-doucette-17956_pretty-good_most-jobs-i-ve-had-have-been-variations_3083857.jpg) > [Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or else are fed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/twelve-thousand-years-ago-everybody-on-earth-was-a-hunter-gatherer/) [Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/jared-diamond-2519_agriculture_twelve-thousand-years-ago-everybody-on-e_510726.png) > [“If your hunter-gatherer buddies suddenly bolted, it made sense to follow suit—regardless of whether a saber-toothed tiger or a boar had startled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rolf-dobelli/if-your-hunter-gatherer-buddies-suddenly-bolted-it-made-sense-to/) [Rolf Dobelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rolf-dobelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/rolf-dobelli-11723_modern-world_if-your-hunter-gatherer-buddies-suddenly_1198601.jpg) > [I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-apfel/i-do-have-a-dominant-shopping-gene-but-unlike-a-reasonable-person-i/) [Iris Apfel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-apfel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/iris-apfel-2319_adventure_i-do-have-a-dominant-shopping-gene-but-u_1130097.jpg) > [“The disorders that psychology associates with the dissonance between what parents say to children and what children know to be reality -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-brody/the-disorders-that-psychology-associates-with-the-dissonance-between/) [Hugh Brody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-brody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/hugh-brody-103954_children_the-disorders-that-psychology-associates_460719.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hunter-gatherer/#itemlist", "name": "Hunter Gatherer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m living the life of an urban hunter-gatherer—again.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donald O'Donovan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/i-m-living-the-life-of-an-urban-hunter-gatherer-again/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/donald-o-donovan-22817_homelessness_i-m-living-the-life-of-an-urban-hunter-g_1960467.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/donald-o-donovan-22817_homelessness_i-m-living-the-life-of-an-urban-hunter-g_1960467.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/donald-o-donovan-22817_homelessness_i-m-living-the-life-of-an-urban-hunter-g_1960467.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’m living the life of an urban hunter-gatherer—again.” — Donald O'Donovan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“hunter-gatherer ancestors consumed omega-6 and omega-3 fats in a ratio of roughly 1:1.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Perlmutter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-perlmutter/hunter-gatherer-ancestors-consumed-omega-6-and-omega-3-fats-in-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/david-perlmutter-2461_hunter-gatherer_hunter-gatherer-ancestors-consumed-omega_2635769.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/david-perlmutter-2461_hunter-gatherer_hunter-gatherer-ancestors-consumed-omega_2635769.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/david-perlmutter-2461_hunter-gatherer_hunter-gatherer-ancestors-consumed-omega_2635769.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“hunter-gatherer ancestors consumed omega-6 and omega-3 fats in a ratio of roughly 1:1.” — David Perlmutter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Helen Fisher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-fisher/people-have-been-looking-for-love-potions-since-hunter-gatherer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.” — Helen Fisher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Civilisation is partly about restraining the male of the species from engaging in the violence of the hunter-gatherer period. 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A typical hunter-gatherer enjoyed a more varied diet and consumed more protein and calories than settled people, and took in five times as much viatmin C as the average person today.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Bryson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/it-is-not-as-if-farming-brought-a-great-improvement-in-living/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/bill-bryson-340_average_it-is-not-as-if-farming-brought-a-great_1175887.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/bill-bryson-340_average_it-is-not-as-if-farming-brought-a-great_1175887.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/bill-bryson-340_average_it-is-not-as-if-farming-brought-a-great_1175887.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is not as if farming brought a great improvement in living standards either. 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I was one of the first to say \"Hey, if we grow our own food, we won't have to hunt it down all the time.\" Mostly, I was just tired of moving around constantly, but you have to admit it was a pretty good idea.)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gene Doucette" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-doucette/most-jobs-i-ve-had-have-been-variations-on-hunter-gatherer-and-farmer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/gene-doucette-17956_pretty-good_most-jobs-i-ve-had-have-been-variations_3083857.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/gene-doucette-17956_pretty-good_most-jobs-i-ve-had-have-been-variations_3083857.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/gene-doucette-17956_pretty-good_most-jobs-i-ve-had-have-been-variations_3083857.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“(Most jobs I've had have been variations on hunter-gatherer and farmer. I was one of the first to say \"Hey…” — Gene Doucette", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or else are fed by farmers. The spread of farming from those few sites of origin usually did not occur as a result of the hunter-gatherers' elsewhere adopting farming; hunter-gatherers tend to be conservative… Instead, farming spread mainly through farmers' outbreeding hunters, developing more potent technology, and then killing the hunters or driving them off of all lands suitable for agriculture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jared Diamond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/twelve-thousand-years-ago-everybody-on-earth-was-a-hunter-gatherer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/jared-diamond-2519_agriculture_twelve-thousand-years-ago-everybody-on-e_510726.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/jared-diamond-2519_agriculture_twelve-thousand-years-ago-everybody-on-e_510726.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/jared-diamond-2519_agriculture_twelve-thousand-years-ago-everybody-on-e_510726.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or…” — Jared Diamond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If your hunter-gatherer buddies suddenly bolted, it made sense to follow suit—regardless of whether a saber-toothed tiger or a boar had startled them. If you failed to run away, and it turned out to be a tiger, the price of a first-degree error was death. On the other hand, if you had just fled from a boar, this lesser mistake would have cost you only a few calories. It paid to be wrong about the same things. Whoever was wired differently exited the gene pool after the first or second incidence. We are the descendants of those homines sapientes who tend to flee when the crowd does. But in the modern world, this intuitive behavior is disadvantageous. Today’s world rewards single-minded contemplation and independent action. Anyone who has fallen victim to stock market hype has witnessed that.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rolf Dobelli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rolf-dobelli/if-your-hunter-gatherer-buddies-suddenly-bolted-it-made-sense-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/rolf-dobelli-11723_modern-world_if-your-hunter-gatherer-buddies-suddenly_1198601.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/rolf-dobelli-11723_modern-world_if-your-hunter-gatherer-buddies-suddenly_1198601.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/rolf-dobelli-11723_modern-world_if-your-hunter-gatherer-buddies-suddenly_1198601.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If your hunter-gatherer buddies suddenly bolted, it made sense to follow suit—regardless of whether a…” — Rolf Dobelli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the discovery and the endless search. In another creation I was, perhaps, a hunter/gatherer. After all these years, I’ve learned that it’s not the end result or finished product but the process I most enjoy. If my experimenting, searching and juxtaposing turns into an exciting outfit well, it’s just a big fat bonus!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Iris Apfel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-apfel/i-do-have-a-dominant-shopping-gene-but-unlike-a-reasonable-person-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/iris-apfel-2319_adventure_i-do-have-a-dominant-shopping-gene-but-u_1130097.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/iris-apfel-2319_adventure_i-do-have-a-dominant-shopping-gene-but-u_1130097.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/iris-apfel-2319_adventure_i-do-have-a-dominant-shopping-gene-but-u_1130097.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each…” — Iris Apfel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The disorders that psychology associates with the dissonance between what parents say to children and what children know to be reality - from deep insecurities to chronic anxiety to depression - are not to be found among the hunter-gatherers I have known. This is not to claim that they are people who know nothing of mental illness. Rather, it is to look at the absence of a particular kind of illness, one that in my own society is somewhere between common and the norm. 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