March 18-21, 2026 | Denver, Colorado
95th AABA
Annual Meeting
95th AABA
ABOUT AABA
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, is the world’s leading professional organization for biological anthropologists. Formed by 83 charter members in 1930, the AABA now has an international membership of over 2,200. The Association’s annual meetings draw more than two thousand scientists and students from all over the world.
Featured programs
Congratulations to the 2025 AABA Award Winners!
Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award: Kay Behrensmeyer
Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award: Lorena Madrigal
AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith: Sang-Hee Lee
AJBA Editor-in-Chief Search
The American Journal of Biological Anthropology (AJBA), the official Journal of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA), published by Wiley, seeks a new Editor-in-Chief. The submission deadline is March 31, 2025, although interested candidates are encouraged to apply as
soon as possible.
AABA Fundraising Drive
AABA has established two new funds to support programs that facilitate broader participation in AABA’s professional activities and that build, enhance, or repair the sense of community among the AABA membership. Invest in AABA’s future and make a donation!
IDEAS Program
The IDEAS Program’s workshops provide a team, a space, and a suite of activities to engage issues of scholarship, professional preparation, and community building.
Join or Renew Membership
As our members are diverse, membership in AABA is diverse in opportunity.The following membership opportunities are available to individuals wishing to join The American Association of Biological Anthropologists.
Jobs
Mercyhurst University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Forensic Anthropology
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Mercyhurst University invites applications for a full-time, Visiting Assistant Professor of Forensic Anthropology position for Academic Year 2025-2026. We seek a dynamic and dedicated individual[...]Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Collections Assistant, Osteology
Deadline: 30 June 2025
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (MMA) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) seeks a NAGPRA Collections Associate (Osteology) to assist the Senior Collections Manager[...]Institutes of Advanced Studies of Aix-Marseille, Cergy, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris
The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme (FIAS) Call for applications 2026-2027
Deadline: 16 July 2025
The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10-month fellowships at the seven Institutes of Aix-Marseille, Cergy, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and[...]University of Southampton
Lectureship in Palaeolithic Archaeology and/or Palaeoanthropology
Deadline: 26 June 2025
The University of Southampton seeks to appoint a full-time, permanent Lecturer in Archaeology specialising in Palaeolithic Archaeology and/or Palaeoanthropology.The successful candidate will enhance[...]
Featured Videos
Courses and Field Schools
Online live course Geometric Morphometrics in R, July 28th – August 5th, 2025
Registration is open for Transmitting Science online course “Geometric Morphometrics in R”.AABA members have a 20 % discount on the fee.
Dates:[...]
Course: Mapping Trait Evolution, end of May, 2025, online
Dear colleagues,There are a few places available for the online course MAPPING TRAIT EVOLUTION.
Dates and schedule: Online live sessions on May[...]
Live Online course: Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis, May 2025
6th edition of Transmitting Science course “Manipulation of NGS Data for Genomic and Population Genetics Analyses”, which will be run online.Course webpage: https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/genetics-and-genomics/manipulation-ngs-data-genomic-population-genetics-analyses/[...]
Online course “Care and Management of Natural History Collections”
Registration is open for Transmitting Science’s live online course “Care and Management of Natural History Collections”.Dates and schedule: Online live sessions on May[...]