Evidence increasingly suggests that sub-Saharan Africa is at the center of human evolution
and understanding routes of dispersal “out of Africa” is thus becoming increasingly important. …

… The validity of such studies is not questioned here, though we have Roger Blench to thank …
, genetic research, and recorded history, Roger Blench surveys not only the broad universe of …

… 5 Not all linguists take this view, and Roger Blench has been taken to task at conference
presentations for “missing the point” of historical linguistics by requiring reconstructed forms to …

1.5 History and origins of pastoralism 17 1.6 Sources of information on pastoralism 18 1.7
The discourse of pastoralism 20 2. GRAZING AND NUTRITION 21 2.1 Rangelands: …

The Austroasiatic language phylum is situated in the heartland of MSEA and yet today is
remarkably fragmented, its individual branches scattered from Northeast India to the Malay …

The present century has seen a significant real increase in resource conflict in semi-arid
Africa. The most important causes of this are human population increase and the globalisation …

The island of Madagascar split from the African mainland some 50 million years ago,
considerably prior to the evolution of humans and indeed primates. Its isolation permitted the …

… Biographical Note: Roger Blench is a self-employed consultant managing a limited
company, Mallam Dendo, specialising in socio-economic aspects of the environment and …

One of the most persuasive narratives in recent prehistory has been that of the Austronesian
expansion, the notion that a migration out of Taiwan some 4000 years ago was responsible …

Radio is a powerful communication tool. Experience with rural radio has shown the potential
for agricultural extension to benefit from both the reach and the relevance that local …