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
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant/Associate Professor of Anthropology (Forensic Genetics)
Deadline: 25 September 2025
Assistant/Associate Professor of AnthropologyCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Full Application Description can be viewed at: https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/14768?c=illinois&sq=1031839&referralToken=MX8lYTz4-EapwaM-jNL-bA
SUNY Cortland
Assistant Professor
Deadline: 22 September 2025
Budget Title Assistant ProfessorCampus Title Assistant Professor - Bioarchaeology
School/Division Academic Affairs, Division of
Department Sociology/Anthropology
Position Summary
SUNY Cortland is an engaged learning community that is[...]
New York University
Post-Doctoral Associate in Primate Microbiome at the New York University
Deadline: 15 September 2025
New York University: NYU - NY: Arts and Science (A&S): Anthropology DepartmentLocation: New York
Open Date: Jul 10, 2025
Description
The Microbiome[...]
University of Texas at Austin
Postdoctoral Position in Ancient DNA at the University of Texas at Austin
Deadline: 31 December 2025
The Genetic Anthropology Laboratory (GAL) in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to[...]Featured Videos
Courses and Field Schools
Postmortem Fingerprinting and Identification Course
This 4-day course focuses on identification of human remains through postmortem fingerprinting and DNA sampling, locating and documenting an advanced decomposition/skeletonized death scene, and the[...]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/[...]