Foraging

thumb|upright=1.1|African Pygmies|Central African foragers in the [[Congo Basin in August 2014]] A hunter-gatherer, or forager, is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources or by hunting game. This is a common practice among most vertebrates that are omnivores. Hunter-gatherer groups, usually a few dozen people, were and are nomadic or semi-nomadic. Hunter-gatherer societies are contrasted with more sedentary agricultural societies, which r

skill related to survival

thumb|A box of vegetables and fruits recovered from the dumpsters of a hypermarket thumb|Urban foraged food in Stockholm, Sweden

thumb|Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) mother and cubs foraging in [[Denali National Park, Alaska.]] Foraging is searching for wild food resources. It affects an animal's fitness because it plays an important role in an animal's ability to survive and reproduce. Foraging theory is a branch of behavioral ecology that studies the foraging behavior of animals in response to the environment where the animal lives.

activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild

thumb|right|The Gleaners by [[Jean-François Millet, 1857]]

native fauna and flora used for sustenance by indigenous peoples, primarily in Australia

behavioral ecology model

preparation and consumption of roadkill