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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.

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Jobs

Pennsylvania State University

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

Deadline: 31 October 2025

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

POSITION SPECIFICS

The Department of Anthropology (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI: https://ssri.psu.edu/)[...]

University of Central Florida

Assistant Professor, Forensic Anthropology

Deadline: 31 October 2025

The Department of Anthropology in the College of Sciences (COS) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for a 9-month, tenure-earning assistant professor[...]

Washington University in St. Louis

Postdoctoral Position in community-engaged human microbiome research

Deadline: 31 October 2025

The Mallott (https://mallott-lab.github.io) and Gildner (https://www.reachresearch.org/) labs are jointly recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join an interdisciplinary team investigating links between flooding, environmental pathogen levels,[...]

Georgia Southern University

Assistant Professor of Forensic Science—

Deadline: 15 November 2025

Assistant Professor of Forensic Science—Job Opening #289842
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

The Department of Criminal Justice[...]

Pennsylvania State University

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

Deadline: 31 October 2025

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

POSITION SPECIFICS

The Department of Anthropology (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI: https://ssri.psu.edu/)[...]

University of Central Florida

Assistant Professor, Forensic Anthropology

Deadline: 31 October 2025

The Department of Anthropology in the College of Sciences (COS) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for a 9-month, tenure-earning assistant professor[...]

Washington University in St. Louis

Postdoctoral Position in community-engaged human microbiome research

Deadline: 31 October 2025

The Mallott (https://mallott-lab.github.io) and Gildner (https://www.reachresearch.org/) labs are jointly recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join an interdisciplinary team investigating links between flooding, environmental pathogen levels,[...]

Georgia Southern University

Assistant Professor of Forensic Science—

Deadline: 15 November 2025

Assistant Professor of Forensic Science—Job Opening #289842
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

The Department of Criminal Justice[...]

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/[...]

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/[...]