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
Upcoming Webinar: Tracing forgotten histories: identifying unprovenienced human skeletal remains and establishing best practices for their ethical treatment
Many teaching and museum collections house human remains with little or no provenience, creating major challenges for ethical stewardship. This webinar, inspired by last year’s AABA workshop, brings together experts who have successfully reconstructed documentation for unprovenienced remains. Panelists will share practical methods—archival research, handwriting analysis, osteology, taphonomy, and more—and discuss collaborative strategies for navigating these complex cases. Join us to connect, learn, and build community around this critical work.
Date/time: December 11, 2025, 12:00pm EST
Register here
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
Abstracts, nominations, and student awards application deadline October 15
October 15 is the deadline for:
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
Harvard University
American School of Prehistoric Research Junior Fellowship
Deadline: 25 January 2026
The American School of Prehistoric Research (ASPR), which supports research and education in Old World prehistory, is pleased to announce the application deadline for 2026[...]Case Western Reserve University
Assistant or Associate Professor – Anatomy
Deadline: 2 January 2026
The School of Medicine seeks a faculty member for appointment as Assistant or AssociateProfessor, non-tenure track, in the Department of Anatomy. Responsibilities will include
Southern Methodist University
Lecturer in Archaeology
Deadline: 1 February 2026
Position No. [00052693]. The Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, invites applications for a Lecturer in archaeology. The annual position will start[...]Grand Valley State University
Visiting Assistant Professor – Biological Anthropology
Deadline: 20 December 2025
Summary: The Department of Anthropology invites applications for an 18-month, non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor position in biological anthropology to begin teaching on January 12,[...]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/[...]