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
Dartmouth College
Postbaccalaureate Fellow in Biological Anthropology
Deadline: 1 April 2026
The Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth College invites applications for a Postbaccalaureate Fellow (PBF), at the rank of postgraduate research associate. This position will focus[...]Kent State University
Assistant Professor of Paleoanthropology
Deadline: 28 February 2026
Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and growing department with excellent[...]The Faculty of Science at Tübingen University
W3-Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution
Deadline: 11 March 2026
The Faculty of Science at Tübingen University invites applications for aW3-Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution
at the Department of Geosciences and the[...]
Ball State University
NTL Anatomy and Physiology
Deadline: 21 February 2026
Anthropology-friendly department!Position Title:
Assistant Lecturer/Assistant Teaching Professor of Biology
Compensation:
$50,000 - $65,000
Department:
Biology
Start Date:
08/14/2026
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Featured Videos
Courses and Field Schools
Fragmentary Human Osteology Short Course – The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University is offering an intensive, one week fragmentary osteology short course from 18-22 May 2026.The target audience is professionals, graduate[...]
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[...]